Feasibility of using sand dunes as archives of old air

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 16783-16792

  Severinghaus, Jeffrey P ^a   Keeling, Ralph F ^b   Miller, Benjamin R ^b   Weiss, Ray F ^b   Deck, Bruce ^b   Broecker, Wallace S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0007619539     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd00525     Document Type: Article

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