Raman spectroscopic study on the spatial distribution of nitrogen and oxygen in natural ice clathrates and their decomposition to air bubbles

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-180

  Pauer, Frank ^a   Kipfstuhl, Josef ^a   Kuhs, Werner F ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLE; CLATHRATE; DECOMPOSITION; GRIP; ICE/FILM TRANSITION; NITROGEN/OXYGEN RATIO; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

GREENLAND;

ICE; NITROGEN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENT PLANES; DIFFERENT STAGES; FRACTIONATION EFFECTS; FREQUENCY SHIFT; GREENLAND ICE CORES; NITROGEN CONTENT; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY;

HYDRATES;

EID: 0029730535     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL03660     Document Type: Article

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