Dissolved gases in frozen basal water from the NGRIP borehole: Implications for biogeochemical processes beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1735-1741

  Christner, Brent C ^a   Montross, Galena G ^b,c   Priscu, John C ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gases; Greenland; Ice sheets; Microbial biogeochemistry; Subglacial environments

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOREHOLE; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED GAS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GRIP; ICE SHEET; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLAR REGION; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRANSFORMATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84867690505     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1198-z     Document Type: Article

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