Continuous methane measurements from a late Holocene Greenland ice core: Atmospheric and in-situ signals

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 368, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-19

  Rhodes, Rachael H ^a   Faïn, Xavier ^b   Stowasser, Christopher ^c   Blunier, Thomas ^c   Chappellaz, Jérôme ^b   McConnell, Joseph R ^d   Romanini, Daniele ^e   Mitchell, Logan E ^a   Brook, Edward J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VERIMAG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cryobiology; Firn; Greenland; Ice core; Late Holocene climate; Methane

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC METHANES; CRYOBIOLOGY; FIRN; GREEN LAND; GREENLAND ICE CORES; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; ICE CORE; LATE HOLOCENE; LATE HOLOCENE CLIMATE; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS;

METHANE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYOBIOLOGY; FIRN; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; METHANE; NITROGEN; NORTHGRIP; PALEOCLIMATE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA;

EID: 84875819374     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.02.034     Document Type: Article

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