Cryoconite: The dark biological secret of the cryosphere

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 66-111

  Cook, Joseph ^a   Edwards, Arwyn ^b   Takeuchi, Nozomu ^c   Irvine Fynn, Tristram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

albedo; biogeochemistry; cryoconite; glaciology; nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CRYOSPHERE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIOLOGY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEDIMENT PROPERTY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

EID: 84955575875     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: 14770296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133315616574     Document Type: Article

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