Changes in the atmospheric CH4 gradient between Greenland and Antarctica during the Holocene

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 15987-15997

  Chappellaz, Jérôme ^a   Blunier, Thomas ^b   Kints, Sophie ^a   Dällenbach, André ^b   Barnola, Jean Marc ^a   Schwander, Jakob ^b   Raynaud, Dominique ^a   Stauffer, Bernhard ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0000262053     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd01017     Document Type: Article

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