Atmospheric depletion of mercury over Antarctica during glacial periods

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 505-508

  Jitaru, Petru ^a,b,c   Gabrielli, Paolo ^a,d,e   Marteel, Alexandrine ^d,f   Plane, John M C ^g   Planchon, Fréderic A M ^a,h   Gauchard, Pierre Alexis ^d   Ferrari, Christophe P ^d,i   Boutron, Claude F ^d,i   Adams, Freddy C ^b   Hong, Sungmin ^j   Cescon, Paolo ^a,k   Barbante, Carlo ^a,k  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE MÉTROLOGIE ET D ESSAIS LNE   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

ⁱ INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^j Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^k CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

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EID: 68149132452     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo549     Document Type: Letter

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