Mineralogical composition of cryoconite on glaciers in northwest Greenland

Bulletin of Glaciological Research

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-114

  Nagatsuka, Naoko ^a   Takeuchi, Nozomu ^b   Uetake, Jun ^a   Shimada, Rigen ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryoconite; Darkening of glaciers; Glacial microbe; Mineral composition; X ray diffraction analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016125734     PISSN: 13453807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5331/bgr.32.107     Document Type: Article

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