Sulfur-containing species (methanesulfonate and SO4) over the last climatic cycle in the Greenland Ice Core Project (central Greenland) ice core

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C12, 1997, Pages 26663-26679

  Legrand, Michel ^a   Hammer, C ^b   De Angelis, M ^a   Savarino, J ^a   Delmas, R ^a   Clausen, H ^b   Johnsen, S J ^b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GRIP; LAST GLACIAL/INTERGLACIAL; PALAEOCLIMATE; SULPHUR SPECIES;

EID: 0031463226     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC01436     Document Type: Article

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