High resolution measurements of carbon monoxide along a late Holocene Greenland ice core: Evidence for in situ production

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 987-1000

  Fain X ^a   Chappellaz, J ^a   Rhodes, R H ^b   Stowasser, C ^c   Blunier, T ^c   McConnell, J R ^d   Brook, E J ^a   Preunkert, S ^a   Legrand, M ^a   Debois, T ^a   Romanini, D ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RESOLUTION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84901326686     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-987-2014     Document Type: Article

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