Seasonally resolved ice core records from West Antarctica indicate a sea ice source of sea-salt aerosol and a biomass burning source of ammonium

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 9168-9182

  Pasteris, Daniel R ^a   McConnell, Joseph R ^a   Das, Sarah B ^b   Criscitiello, Alison S ^b   Evans, Matthew J ^c   Maselli, Olivia J ^a   Sigl, Michael ^a   Layman, Lawrence ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; AEROSOL; AMMONIUM; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ICE CORE; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84918497411     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020720     Document Type: Article

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