Holocene carbon-cycle dynamics based on CO2 trapped in ice at Taylor Dome, Antarctica

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6723, 1999, Pages 121-126

  Indermuhle A ^a   Stocker, T F ^a   Joos, F ^a   Fischer, H ^b   Smith, H J ^b   Wahlen, M ^b   Deck, B ^b   Mastroianni, D ^b   Tschumi, J ^a   Blunier, T ^a   Meyer, R ^a   Stauffer, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ICE;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0039583417     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/18158     Document Type: Article

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