Gas isotopes in ice reveal a vegetated central Greenland during ice sheet invasion

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Souchez, R ^a   Jouzel, J ^b   Landais, A ^b,c   Chappellaz, J ^d   Lorrain, R ^a   Tison, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES;

BASAL ICE; GAS ISOTOPES; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET;

ICE;

BASAL ICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRIP; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 34548029716     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028424     Document Type: Article

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