Organic carbon export from the Greenland ice sheet

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 329-344

  Bhatia, Maya P ^a   Das, Sarah B ^a   Xu, Li ^a   Charette, Matthew A ^a   Wadham, Jemma L ^b   Kujawinski, Elizabeth B ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MELTWATER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84875283507     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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