A historical record of formate and acetate from a high-elevation Alpine glacier: Implications for their natural versus anthropogenic budgets at the European scale

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Legrand, M ^a   Preunkert, S ^a   Wagenbach, D ^b   Cachier, H ^c   Puxbaum, H ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine ice core; Carboxylic acids; VOC emissions

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; HISTORICAL RECORD; ICE CORE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1642281992     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003594     Document Type: Article

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