Extreme supersaturation of nitrous oxide in a poorly ventilated Antarctic lake

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1544-1551

  Priscu, John C ^a   Downes, Malcolm T ^b   McKay, Christopher P ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; ICE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; FRESH WATER; ICE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0030274783     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.7.1544     Document Type: Article

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