Accelerated glacier melt on Snow Dome, Mount Olympus, Washington, USA, due to deposition of black carbon and mineral dust from wildfire

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2793-2807

  Kaspari, Susan ^a   Skiles, S McKenzie ^b   Delaney, Ian ^a   Dixon, Daniel ^c   Painter, Thomas H ^d  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Los Angeles   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; DUST; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE CORE; MELTWATER; RIVER DISCHARGE; WILDFIRE;

GREECE; HOH RIVER; MOUNT OLYMPUS; THESSALY; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84928603854     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022676     Document Type: Article

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