Evidence for substantial accumulation rate variability in Antarctica during the Holocene, through synchronization of CO2 in the Taylor Dome, Dome C and DML ice cores

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 224, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 45-54

  Monnin, Eric ^a   Steig, Eric J ^b   Siegenthaler, Urs ^a   Kawamura, Kenji ^a   Schwander, Jakob ^a   Stauffer, Bernhard ^a   Stocker, Thomas F ^a   Morse, David L ^c   Barnola, Jean Marc ^d   Bellier, Blandine ^d   Raynaud, Dominique ^d   Fischer, Hubertus ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accumulation rate; CO2; Dome C; Ice core; Taylor Dome; Timescale

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; DOME CONCORDIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND; TAYLOR DOME;

EID: 3242676314     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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