High-precision dual-inlet IRMS measurements of the stable isotopes of CO2 and the N2O/CO2 ratio from polar ice core samples

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3825-3837

  Bauska, T K ^a   Brook, E J ^a   Mix, A C ^a   Ross, A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MELTING; MIXING RATIO; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84911935402     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-3825-2014     Document Type: Article

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