Some comments on climatic reconstructions from ice cores drilled in areas of high melt

Abstract Poor consideration has been given in many Arctic circum-polar ice-core studies to the effect of summer snow melt on chemistry, stable-isotope concentrations and time-scales. Many of these corps are drilled close to the firn line where melt is intense. Some come from below the firn line wher...

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Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Author: Koerner, Roy M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1997
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000002847
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000002847