Articles | Volume 8, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1479-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1479-2014
Research article
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14 Aug 2014
Research article |  | 14 Aug 2014

A 10 year record of black carbon and dust from a Mera Peak ice core (Nepal): variability and potential impact on melting of Himalayan glaciers

P. Ginot, M. Dumont, S. Lim, N. Patris, J.-D. Taupin, P. Wagnon, A. Gilbert, Y. Arnaud, A. Marinoni, P. Bonasoni, and P. Laj

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