Modelling the impacts of a nitrogen pollution event on the biogeochemistry of an Arctic glacier

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 51, Issue 56, 2010, Pages 163-170

  Roberts, Tjarda J ^a   Hodson, Andy ^b   Evans, Chris D ^c   Holmen, Kim ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; GLACIER; ICE CORE; MASS BALANCE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; RUNOFF; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; MIDRE LOVENBREEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 80053027509     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756411795931949     Document Type: Article

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