What is the deepest part of the Vostok ice core telling us?

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 131-146

  Souchez, R ^a   Jean Baptiste, P ^b   Petit, J R ^c   Lipenkov, V Ya ^d   Jouzel, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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

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

^d ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Deuterium; Helium; Vostok ice core

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; HELIUM; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; LAKE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0037209990     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(02)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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