A novel pollen-based method to detect seasonality in ice cores: A case study from the Ortles glacier, South Tyrol, Italy

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 61, Issue 229, 2015, Pages 815-824

  Festi, Daniela ^a   Kofler, Werner ^a   Bucher, Edith ^b   Carturan, Luca ^c   Mair, Volkmar ^d   Gabrielli, Paolo ^e,f   Oeggl, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Biologisches Labor der Landesagentur für Umwelt   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d Amt für Geologie und Baustoffprüfung Autonomous Province of Bolzano   (Italy)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice biology

Indexed keywords

GLACIOLOGY; ICE CORE; PALYNOLOGY; SEASONALITY;

ITALY; ORTLES;

EID: 84948759147     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2015JoG14J236     Document Type: Article

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