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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-06-01
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Series: | The Cryosphere |
Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/1213/2015/tc-9-1213-2015.pdf |