@article{oai:kitami-it.repo.nii.ac.jp:00007189, author = {Kameda, Takao and Fujii, Yoshiyuki and Nishio, Fumihiko and Savatyugin, Lev M. and Arkhipov, Serguei M. and Ponomarev, Ivan A. and Mikhailov, Nikolay N.}, journal = {Polar Meteorology and Glaciology}, month = {Nov}, note = {Preliminary glaciological investigation was carried out on the accumulation area of Sofiyskiy Glacier, Russian Altai Mountains in July2000.Analyses of a 12.3m core and 3m deep pit samples show that seasonal variations of δ^<18>O, tritium and melt features remained in the wet snow layers.Annual layer thickness determined on the basis of seasonality of these elements for 12.3 m core is 0.99 m of water on average in 1994-1999 with a minimum in 1998 when the minimum mass balance was observed for three other glaciers in the Altai Mountains.High correlations of NH_4^+ concentration with concentrations of K^+, SO_4^2, NO_3^- and PO_4^<3->are found.NH_4^+ and K^+ are considered to be of biomass burning origin, and PO_4^<3-> and NH_4^+ are due to chemical ingredients used for fire extinction in biomass burning., application/pdf}, pages = {15--24}, title = {Seasonality of isotopic and chemical species and biomass burning signals remaining in wet snow in the accumulation area of Sofiyskiy Glacier, Russian Altai Mountains}, volume = {17}, year = {2003} }