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ICE CORE

Pakitsoq outcrop - Methane Carbon Isotope Data
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Schaefer, H., M.J. Whiticar, E.J. Brook, V.V. Petrenko, D.F. Ferretti, and J.P. Severinghaus. 2006. Ice Record of d13C for Atmospheric CH4 Across the Younger Dryas–Preboreal Transition. Science, Vol. 313, pp. 1109-1112, 25 August 2006.
Data Coverage North: 69.48 * South: 69.48
East: -50.8 * West: -50.8

Start Year: -10680 AD   End Year: -9050 AD

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
  greenland/pakitsoq2006d13ch4.txt

Summary:

Records of past temperature, precipitation, atmospheric trace gases, and other aspects of climate and environment derived from ice cores drilled on glaciers and ice caps around the world. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this data set. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the data set citations. Additional information on the Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP) and the Greenland Ice Sheet Project II (GISP2) are also available (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore.html).
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Parameters:

methane concentration (parts per billion by volume); delta 13C of CH4 (per mil)

Complete XML Record:

noaa-icecore-2491  (Last Revised: 2007-05-24 )

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