Organic carbon in antarctic snow: Spatial trends and possible sources

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 9944-9950

  Antony, Runa ^a   Mahalinganathan, K ^a   Thamban, Meloth ^a   Nair, Shanta ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBON DYNAMICS; EAST ANTARCTICA; EXCHANGE PROCESS; IN-SITU; INDIAN OCEAN; MARINE SOURCES; MICROBIAL CONTRIBUTION; MICROBIAL LOADS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REGIONAL VARIATION; SEA SALTS; SPATIAL TRENDS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE SNOW; TOC CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; DUST; SNOW;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON; SNOW; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIR-SNOW INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEA SALT; SODIUM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; PATHOGEN LOAD; SEA;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SNOW;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 82355163501     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203512t     Document Type: Article

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