The impact of glacier retreat from the Ross Sea on local climate: Characterization of mineral dust in the Taylor Dome ice core, East Antarctica

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 444, Issue , 2016, Pages 34-44

  Aarons, S M ^a   Aciego, S M ^a   Gabrielli, P ^b,c   Delmonte, B ^d   Koornneef, J M ^e   Wegner, A ^a,f   Blakowski, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Dust; Ice core; Neodymium; Rare earth elements; Strontium

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DOMES; DUST; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SEA ICE; STRONTIUM;

ANTARCTIC ICE CORE; ANTARCTICA; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION; ICE CORE; LAST GLACIAL PERIOD; RADIOGENIC ISOTOPES; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS;

ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE CORE; ICE SHELF; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEA ICE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TAYLOR DOME;

EID: 84962439180     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.03.035     Document Type: Article

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