The response of atmospheric nitrous oxide to climate variations during the last glacial period

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1888-1893

  Schilt, Adrian ^a,c   Baumgartner, Matthias ^a   Eicher, Olivier ^a   Chappellaz, Jérôme ^b   Schwander, Jakob ^a   Fischer, Hubertus ^a   Stocker, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

glacial; greenhouse gas; Heinrich event; ice core; NGRIP; nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL; HEINRICH EVENTS; ICE CORE; NGRIP; NITROUS OXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN OXIDES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DANSGAARD-OESCHGER CYCLE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GREENHOUSE GAS; GRIP; HEINRICH EVENT; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; LAST GLACIAL; NITROUS OXIDE;

EID: 84879106864     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50380     Document Type: Article

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