Geochemistry of groundwater in front of a warm-based glacier in Southeast Greenland

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 97-108

  Kristiansen, Søren Munch ^a   Yde, Jacob Clement ^b   Bárcena, Teresa Gómez ^c   Jakobsen, Bjarne Holm ^c   Olsen, Jesper ^a   Knudsen, Niels Tvis ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Glacial weathering; Glacier meltwater; Greenland; Groundwater surface water interactions; Isotope hydrology

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MELTWATER; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTHEAST GREENLAND MARGIN;

EID: 84878643705     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geoa.12003     Document Type: Article

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