Continuous flow analysis of total organic carbon in polar ice cores

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 8039-8043

  Federer, Urs ^a   Kaufmann, Patrik R ^a   Hutterli, Manuel A ^b   Schüpbach, Simon ^a   Stocker, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FIRE HAZARDS; ICE; OXIDATION; PULSATILE FLOW;

ANTARCTICA; CARBON CYCLES; CLIMATE SYSTEMS; CONCENTRATION OF SUBSTANCES; CONTINUOUS FLOW ANALYSIS; ICE CORES; LIMIT OF DETECTIONS; LINEAR MEASUREMENTS; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDATIONS; POLAR ICE CORES; POLAR ICES; RESPONSE TIMES; TOC CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBONS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ICE;

AIR BUBBLE; CARBON CYCLE; FLOW PATTERN; ICE CORE; PHOTOOXIDATION; POLAR REGION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; ICE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHTHALIC ACIDS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; TALOS DOME;

EID: 55349111112     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801244e     Document Type: Article

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