Local artifacts in ice core methane records caused by layered bubble trapping and in situ production: A multi-site investigation

Climate of the Past

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1061-1077

  Rhodes, Rachael H ^a,g   Faïn, Xavier ^b   Brook, Edward J ^a   McConnell, Joseph R ^c   Maselli, Olivia J ^c,h   Sigl, Michael ^c,d   Edwards, Jon ^a   Buizert, Christo ^a   Blunier, Thomas ^e   Chappellaz, Jérôme ^b   Freitag, Johannes ^f  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; AMPLITUDE; ARTIFACT; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; FILTER; FIRN; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; METHANE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84966349274     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-12-1061-2016     Document Type: Article

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