A global climate model study of CH4 emissions during the Holocene and glacial-interglacial transitions constrained by ice core data

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Harder, S L ^a   Shindell, D T ^b   Schmidt, G A ^b   Brook, E J ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; METHANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CARBON EMISSION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; METHANE;

EID: 34249727276     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GB002680     Document Type: Article

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