The Carrington event not observed in most ice core nitrate records

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Wolff, E W ^a   Bigler, M ^b   Curran, M A J ^c,d   Dibb, J E ^e   Frey, M M ^a,f   Legrand, M ^g   McConnell, J R ^h  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^e University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^f University of California   (United States)

^g LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^h DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; NITRATES;

ANTARCTICA; BIOMASS-BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CO-LOCATED; GREENLAND; ICE CORE; ICE CORE RECORDS; POLAR ICE; SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLES; SPACE WEATHER; VANILLIC ACIDS;

ICE;

AMMONIUM; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ICE CORE; NITRATE; POLAR REGION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84861317685     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051603     Document Type: Article

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