Snow isotope diffusion rates measured in a laboratory experiment

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 57, Issue 201, 2011, Pages 30-38

  Van Der Wel, L G ^a,c   Gkinis, V ^a,d   Pohjola, V A ^b   Meijer, H A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LABORATORY METHOD; SNOW; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 79958849419     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214311795306727     Document Type: Article

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