A reconstruction of atmospheric carbon dioxide and its stable carbon isotopic composition from the penultimate glacial maximum to the last glacial inception

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2507-2523

  Schneider, R ^a   Schmitt, J ^a,b   Kohler P ^b   Joos, F ^a   Fischer, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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

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EID: 84919495360     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-2507-2013     Document Type: Article

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