Origin and sources of dissolved organic matter in snow on the east antarctic ice sheet

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 6151-6159

  Antony, Runa ^a   Grannas, Amanda M ^b   Willoughby, Amanda S ^c   Sleighter, Rachel L ^c   Thamban, Meloth ^a   Hatcher, Patrick G ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CARBON; GLACIERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SNOW;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; INTEGRAL COMPONENTS; MICROBIAL SOURCES; MOLECULAR SPECIES; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; ULTRAHIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRIES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON; SNOW; CARBON; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; SOIL;

AEROSOL; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; ICE SHEET; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SNOWPACK;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ICE SHEET; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SAMPLE; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; ICE COVER; SOIL;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; ICE COVER; SNOW; SOIL;

EID: 84901925455     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es405246a     Document Type: Article

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