A method for determination of methyl chloride concentration in air trapped in ice cores

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1209-1213

  Saito, Takuya ^a,b   Yokouchi, Yoko ^a   Aoki, Shuji ^c   Nakazawa, Takakiyo ^c   Fujii, Yoshiyuki ^d   Watanabe, Okitsugu ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Gas chromatography; Methyl halide; Paleoclimate; Stratospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYOGENICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ICE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; VACUUM;

ANTARCTICA; METHYL HALIDES; PALEOCLIMATE; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE;

HYDROCARBONS;

ICE; METHYL CHLORIDE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYOGENICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; ICE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; VACUUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXTRACTION; FIRN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ICE CORE; METHYL CHLORIDE; MILLING; PALEOCLIMATE;

ACCURACY; AIR ANALYSIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXTRACTION; FREEZING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ICE CORE RECORD; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; SAMPLE; VACUUM;

EID: 33646131439     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.08.075     Document Type: Article

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