Spatial and Temporal Variability of Net Accumulation from Shallow Cores from Vestfonna Ice Cap (Nordaustlandet, Svalbard)

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 287-299

  Beaudon, Emilie ^a   Arppe, Laura ^b   Jonsell, Ulf ^c,f   Martma, Tõnu ^d   Möller, Marco ^e   Pohjola, Veijo A ^f   Scherer, Dieter ^g   Moore, John C ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^e RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^h BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accumulation rate; Firn core; Oxygen isotope ratio; Sea ice; Vestfonna; Wind anomaly

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE CAP; ICE CORE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; SEA ICE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; NORDAUSTLANDET; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 83055196846     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2011.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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