A 21000-year record of fluorescent organic matter markers in the WAIS Divide ice core

Climate of the Past

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 533-544

  D'Andrilli, Juliana ^a,b   Foreman, Christine M ^a,b   Sigl, Michael ^c   Priscu, John C ^b   McConnell, Joseph R ^c  

^a Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LIGNIN; ORGANIC MATTER; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 85019866439     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-13-533-2017     Document Type: Article

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