A spatial investigation of the environmental controls over cryoconite aggregation on Longyearbreen glacier, Svalbard

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 5365-5380

  Langford, H J ^a   Irvine Fynn, T D L ^b   Edwards, A ^c   Banwart, S A ^a   Hodson, A J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; CARBOHYDRATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DUST; GLACIER; MICROSTRUCTURE; PIGMENT;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84907943741     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-5365-2014     Document Type: Article

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