Experimental determination of the diffusion rate of deuterated water vapor in ice and application to the stable isotopes smoothing of ice cores

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 81-90

  Jean Baptiste, P ^a   Jouzel, J ^a   Stievenard, M ^a   Ciais, P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; DIFFUSION; ICE CORE; PALEOCLIMATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRITIUM;

EID: 0031773670     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00045-4     Document Type: Article

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