In situ microbial metabolism as a cause of gas anomalies in ice

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 8667-8672

  Rohde, Robert A ^a   Price, P Buford ^a   Bay, Ryan C ^a   Bramall, Nathan E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Ice cores; N2O; Proxy for dust storms; Scanning fluorimetry

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDE;

ARTICLE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; METHANOGEN; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TURBULENT FLOW;

BACTERIA; FLUOROMETRY; GREENLAND; ICE COVER; METHANE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 47249115659     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803763105     Document Type: Article

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