Glacier hydrochemistry, solute provenance, and chemical denudation at a surge-type glacier in Kuannersuit Kuussuat, Disko Island, West Greenland

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 172-187

  Yde, Jacob C ^a   Tvis Knudsen, N ^a   Nielsen, Ole B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Glacier surges; Hydrochemistry; Meltwater; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; CATCHMENTS; FELDSPAR; FLUXES; HYDROLOGY; ICE; MINERALS; WEATHERING;

GLACIER HYDROCHEMISTRY; SEQUESTRATION; VOLCANIC GLASS;

GLACIERS;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER SURGE; GLACIOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MELTWATER;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; DISKO ISLAND; GREENLAND; WORLD;

EID: 9944252941     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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