Air-snow transfer of nitrate on the East Antarctic Plateau - Part 2: An isotopic model for the interpretation of deep ice-core records

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 12079-12113

  Erbland, J ^a,b   Savarino, J ^a,b   Morin, S ^c   France, J L ^d,f   Frey, M M ^e   King, M D ^d  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SNOW INTERACTION; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ANTARCTICA; DOME CONCORDIA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84944138544     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-12079-2015     Document Type: Article

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