Major 20th century changes of water-soluble humic-like substances (HULISWS) aerosol over Europe inferred from Alpine ice cores

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3869-3878

  Guilhermet, J ^a   Preunkert, S ^a   Voisin, D ^a   Baduel, C ^a,b   Legrand, M ^a,b  

^a VERIMAG   (France)

^b University of Queensland and Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON; MILITARY OPERATIONS;

BIOGENIC PRECURSORS; CARBON FRACTION; HUMIC-LIKE SUBSTANCES; MEASUREMENTS OF; SEASONAL CYCLE; SECOND WORLD WAR; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ICE;

AEROSOL; HUMIC ACID; ICE CORE; ION EXCHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONALITY; SOLUBILIZATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ALPS; EUROPE; FRANCE;

EID: 84880900174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.502012013     Document Type: Article

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