An interlaboratory comparison of techniques for extracting and analyzing trapped gases in ice cores

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C12, 1997, Pages 26527-26538

  Sowers, Todd ^a   Brook, Ed ^b,c   Etheridge, David ^d   Blunier, Thomas ^e   Fuchs, Andreas ^e   Leuenberger, Markus ^e   Chappellaz, Jerome ^f   Barnola, Jean Marc ^f   Wahlen, Martin ^g   Deck, Bruce ^g   Weyhenmeyer, Connie ^g  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GAS ANALYSIS; ICE CORE; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; TRAPPED GAS;

EID: 0031433796     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00633     Document Type: Article

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