Comparison of water isotope-ratio determinations using two cavity ring-down instruments and classical mass spectrometry in continuous ice-core analysis

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 387-398

  Maselli, Olivia J ^a   Fritzsche, Diedrich ^b   Layman, Lawrence ^a   McConnell, Joseph R ^a   Meyer, Hanno ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

cavity ring down; hydrogen 2; ice core; isotope measurements; methods and equipment; oxygen 18; paleoclimatology; water

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PALEOCLIMATE;

DEUTERIUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; ICE COVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

DEUTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ICE COVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RUSSIA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER;

EID: 84885919349     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2013.781598     Document Type: Article

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