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Citation:
Lüthi, D et al. (2008): CO2 record from the EPICA Dome C 1999 (EDC99) ice core (Antarctica) covering 650 to 800 kyr BP measured at the University of Bern, Switzerland. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.710901,
In Supplement to: Lüthi, Dieter; Le Floch, Martine; Bereiter, Bernhard; Blunier, Thomas; Barnola, Jean-Marc; Siegenthaler, Urs; Raynaud, Dominique; Jouzel, Jean; Fischer, Hubertus; Kawamura, Kenji; Stocker, Thomas F (2008): High-resolution carbon dioxide concentration record 650,000 - 800,000 years before present. Nature, 453, 379-382, doi:10.1038/nature06949
Project(s):
European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) *
Coverage:
Latitude: -75.100000 * Longitude: 123.350000
Minimum DEPTH, ice/snow: 3026.6 m * Maximum DEPTH, ice/snow: 3190.1 m
Event(s):
EDC99 * * Latitude: -75.100000 * Longitude: 123.350000 * Elevation: 3233.0 m * Campaign: Dome C * * Device: Drilling *
Comment:
New data has been measured in Bern on 1237 samples at 289 depth intervals. Sample ages range from 611 to 799 kyr BP (EDC3_gas_a age scale: Loulergue et al., 2007, Climate of the Past, 3, 527-540, http://www.clim-past.net/3/527/2007/; data: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.671367).
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethodComment
1DEPTH, ice/snow *Depth ice/snowmGeocode
2Gas age *Gas ageka BPLüthi, Dieter *based on EDC3 timescale
3Carbon dioxide *CO2ppmvLüthi, Dieter *
4Carbon dioxide, standard deviation *CO2 std dev±Lüthi, Dieter *
License:
CC-BY Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
Size:
741 data points

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