Ice core records of atmospheric CO2 around the last three glacial terminations

Science

Volumn 283, Issue 5408, 1999, Pages 1712-1714

  Fischer, Hubertus ^a   Wahlen, Martin ^a   Smith, Jesse ^a   Mastroianni, Derek ^a   Deck, Bruce ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; DEGLACIATION; ICE CORE; PALEOCLIMATE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOSPHERE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WARMING;

EID: 0033548589     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5408.1712     Document Type: Article

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