High-precision 14C measurements demonstrate production of in situ cosmogenic 14CH4 and rapid loss of in situ cosmogenic 14CO in shallow Greenland firn

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 365, Issue , 2013, Pages 190-197

  Petrenko, Vasilii V ^a,b,c   Severinghaus, Jeffrey P ^c   Smith, Andrew M ^d   Riedel, Katja ^e   Baggenstos, Daniel ^c   Harth, Christina ^c   Orsi, Anais ^c   Hua, Quan ^d   Franz, Peter ^e,g   Takeshita, Yui ^c   Brailsford, Gordon W ^e   Weiss, Ray F ^c   Buizert, Christo ^f,h   Dickson, Andrew ^c   Schaefer, Hinrich ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g Mighty River Power   (New Zealand)

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Cosmogenic; Firn; Ice core; Methane; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

CO CONTENT; CO MEASUREMENTS; COSMIC RAY FLUX; COSMOGENIC; DEPTH RANGE; FIRN; GLACIAL ICE; GREENLAND; HIGH-PRECISION; ICE CORE; MEASUREMENTS OF; PRODUCTION OF; RADIOCARBON; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; COSMIC RAYS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; METHANE; SOLAR ENERGY;

ICE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COSMIC RAY; FIRN; ICE CORE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; METHANE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECISION; RECONSTRUCTION; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SUMMIT;

EID: 84874541848     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.01.032     Document Type: Article

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