Change in CO2 concentration and O2/N2 ratio in ice cores due to molecular diffusion

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Bereiter, Bernhard ^a   Schwander, Jakob ^a   Lüthi, Dieter ^a   Stocker, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; ICE CORE; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; POLAR ICE CORE; SAMPLE PREPARATION; STORAGE TEMPERATURES;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; HYDRATES;

ICE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLATHRATE; DIFFUSION; ICE CORE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 65649093336     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036737     Document Type: Article

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