Dramatic loss of glacier accumulation area on the Tibetan Plateau revealed by ice core tritium and mercury records

Two ice cores were retrieved from high elevations (~5800 m a.s.l.) at Mt. Nyainqêntanglha and Mt. Geladaindong in the southern and central Tibetan Plateau region. The combined tracer analysis of tritium (<sup>3</sup>H), <sup>210</sup>Pb and mercury, along with other chemical...

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Main Authors: S. Kang, F. Wang, U. Morgenstern, Y. Zhang, B. Grigholm, S. Kaspari, M. Schwikowski, J. Ren, T. Yao, D. Qin, P. A. Mayewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-06-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/1213/2015/tc-9-1213-2015.pdf