Ice core records of atmospheric N2O covering the last 106,000 years

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5635, 2003, Pages 945-948

  Sowers, Todd ^a   Alley, Richard B ^a   Jubenville, Jennifer ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; OXYGEN;

GLACIAL TERMINATION;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ICE; ISOTOPE; METHANE; NITROGEN 15; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN 18; SURFACE WATER;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ICE CORE; NITROUS OXIDE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; QUATERNARY; TRACE GAS;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLIMATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0041520970     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1085293     Document Type: Article

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