Articles | Volume 7, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3825-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3825-2014
Research article
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19 Nov 2014
Research article |  | 19 Nov 2014

High-precision dual-inlet IRMS measurements of the stable isotopes of CO2 and the N2O / CO2 ratio from polar ice core samples

T. K. Bauska, E. J. Brook, A. C. Mix, and A. Ross

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