Chemical compositions of snow from Mt. Yulong, southeastern tibetan plateau

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 403-416

  Niu, Hewen ^a,b   He, Yuanqing ^a,b   Kang, Shichang ^a,c   Lu, Xixi ^d   Shi, Xiaoyi ^b   Wang, Shijin ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulations; Major ions; Physical stratigraphy; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GLACIER; ICE; ION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YULONG SNOW MOUNTAINS; YUNNAN;

EID: 84961806997     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-016-0670-5     Document Type: Article

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