Geographical variations in Sr and Nd isotopic ratios of cryoconite on Asian glaciers

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Nagatsuka, Naoko ^a   Takeuchi, Nozomu ^b   Nakano, Takanori ^c   Shin, Kicheol ^c   Kokado, Emi ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; cryoconite; glacier; Nd isotope ratios; Sr isotope ratios

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS;

ASIA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CARBONATE FRACTION; CRYOCONITE; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; ND ISOTOPES; SR ISOTOPE RATIO;

CARBONATION;

CALCIUM; CARBONATE; FRACTIONATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MINERAL; NEODYMIUM; PARTICULATE MATTER; STRONTIUM;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84899496972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/4/045007     Document Type: Article

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