On the nature of the dirty ice at the bottom of the GISP2 ice core

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 466-473

  Bender, Michael L ^a   Burgess, Edward ^a   Alley, Richard B ^b   Barnett, Bruce ^a   Clow, Gary D ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eemian; Geochemistry; Glaciology; Greenland Ice Sheet

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; BOTTOM LAYERS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DEPTH GRADIENT; EEMIAN; GAS CONTENT; GLACIAL ICE; GLACIOLOGY; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; GROUND ICE; ICE CORE; ICE FLOW; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE ENRICHMENTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIXING RATES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; TRAPPED GAS;

ARGON; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; MIXING;

ICE;

ARGON ISOTOPE; BASAL ICE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; EEMIAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIOLOGY; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PERMAFROST;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 78049320320     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.033     Document Type: Article

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