First results of 15N/14N ratios in nitrate from alpine and polar ice cores

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-105

  Freyer, H D ^a   Kobel, K ^a   Delmas, R J ^b   Kley, D ^a   Legrand, M R ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSION; ICE CORE DATA; NITROGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSION; SNOW ACCUMULATION RATE;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH POLE; EUROPE, ALPS; GREENLAND, SUMMIT;

EID: 0029769249     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v48i1.15671     Document Type: Article

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