Methyl chloride in a deep ice core from Siple Dome, Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Saltzman, Eric S ^a   Aydin, Murat ^a   Williams, Margaret B ^a   Verhulst, Kristal R ^a   Gun, Baris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLES; ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC LEVELS; GLACIAL ICES; HOLOCENE; ICE CORES; LATE HOLOCENE; METHYL CHLORIDES; SIPLE DOMES; SOUTH POLES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES; EARLY HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; NATURALLY OCCURRING; OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ATMOSPHERICS; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DOMES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; OZONE;

CORE SAMPLES; ICE;

AIR BUBBLE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; METHYL CHLORIDE; OZONE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; SIPLE DOME; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 65249168199     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036266     Document Type: Article

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