Storage and release of organic carbon from glaciers and ice sheets

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 91-96

  Hood, Eran ^a   Battin, Tom J ^b   Fellman, Jason ^a   O'neel, Shad ^c   Spencer, Robert G M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIOCHEMISTRY; ICE SHEET; ORGANIC CARBON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84923233898     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2331     Document Type: Article

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