MINERAL DUST ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION OVER THE LAST 220 KYR FROM THE EPICA-DOME C ICE CORE (EAST ANTARCTICA)

• Main Authors: F. Marino, V. Maggi, B. Delmonte, J. R. Petit, T. K. Hinkley, GHERMANDI, Grazia
• Other Authors: F., Marino, V., Maggi, B., Delmonte, Ghermandi, Grazia, J. R., Petit, T. K., Hinkley
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: MINERAL DUST; EPICA-DOME C ICE CORE; PIXE; Coulter; East Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; EPICA; ice core
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11380/744569

Mineral windblown aerosol (dust) represents a small fraction of the total mass of atmospheric aerosols. However, it may play an important role in climate and, in turn, it is itself sensitive to climatic changes.The investigation of the temporal variability of dust flux as well as the changes of its...