Differentiating bubble-free layers from Melt layers in ice cores using noble gases

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 61, Issue 227, 2015, Pages 585-594

  Orsi, Anais J ^a,b   Kawamura, Kenji ^c,d,e   Fegyveresi, John M ^f   Headly, Melissa A ^a   Alley, Richard B ^f   Severinghaus, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice and climate; Ice core; Meltwater chemistry; Polar firn; Surface melt

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRN; ICE CAP; ICE CORE; MELTWATER; NOBLE GAS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84940367216     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2015JoG14J237     Document Type: Article

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