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Atmospheric Methane and Nitrous Oxide of the Late Pleistocene from Antarctic Ice Cores.
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Science . 11/25/2005, Vol. 310 Issue 5752, p1317-1321. 5p. 4 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica Dome C ice core enables us to extend existing records of atmospheric methane (CH[sub 4]) and nitrous oxide (N[sub 2]O) back to 650,000 years before the present. A combined record of CH[sub 4] measured along the Dome C and the Vostok ice cores demonstrates, within the resolution of our measurements, that preindustrial concentrations over Antarctica have not exceeded 773 ± 15 ppbv (parts per billion by volume) during the past 650,000 years. Before 420,000 years ago, when interglacials were cooler, maximum CH[sub 4] concentrations were only about 600 ppbv, similar to lower Holocene values. In contrast, the N[sub 2]O record shows maximum concentrations of 278 = 7 ppbv, slightly higher than early Holocene values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00368075
- Volume :
- 310
- Issue :
- 5752
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19078877
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1120132