Organic matter content and quality in supraglacial debris across the ablation zone of the Greenland ice sheet

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 51, Issue 56, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Stibal, Marek ^a   Lawson, Emily C ^a   Lis, Grzegorz P ^a   Mak, Ka Man ^a   Wadham, Jemma L ^a   Anesio, Alexandre M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; EOLIAN PROCESS; GLACIAL DEBRIS; ICE SHEET; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 79960726015     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756411795931958     Document Type: Article

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