CH4 and δ18O of O2 records from Antarctic and Greenland ice: A clue for stratigraphic disturbance in the bottom part of the Greenland Ice Core Project and the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 ice cores

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C12, 1997, Pages 26547-26557

  Chappellaz, Jérôme ^a   Brook, Ed ^b,c   Blunier, Thomas ^d   Malaizé, Bruno ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC INSTABILITY; EEMIAN; GISP2; GRIP; METHANE; OXYGEN-18; PALAEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0031433412     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00164     Document Type: Article

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