Extreme fractionation of gases caused by formation of clathrate hydrates in Vostok Antarctic ice

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-94

  Ikeda, Tomoko ^a   Fukazawa, Hiroshi ^a   Mae, Shinji ^a   Pepin, Laurence ^b,e   Duval, Paul ^b,e   Champagnon, Bernard ^c   Lipenkov, Volodya Ya ^d   Hondoh, Takeo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CLATHRATE; GAS SEEPAGE; ICE SHEET;

ANTARCTICA;

DISSOCIATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYDRATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE;

AIR BUBBLES; ANTARCTIC ICE CORE; CLATHRATE HYDRATE; DISSOCIATION PRESSURE; FRACTIONATION EFFECTS; ICE LATTICES; ICE SHEET; TRANSITION PROCESS;

ICE;

EID: 0032906998     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900220     Document Type: Article

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