Water isotope diffusion rates from the NorthGRIP ice core for the last 16,000 years - Glaciological and paleoclimatic implications

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 405, Issue , 2014, Pages 132-141

  Gkinis, V ^a,b   Simonsen, S B ^a,c   Buchardt, S L ^a   White, J W C ^b   Vinther, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Firn diffusion; Greenland; Holocene; Ice cores; Paleotemperatures; Water isotopes

Indexed keywords

GREENLAND; HOLOCENES; ICE CORE; PALEOTEMPERATURES; WATER ISOTOPE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DIFFUSION; FIRN; GLACIOLOGY; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; ICE FLOW; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84907841537     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.08.022     Document Type: Article

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