DOI: 10.1126/science.229.4720.1386. Increase of Atmospheric Methane Recorded in Antarctic Ice Core

Increase of Atmospheric Methane Recorded in Antarctic Ice Core

10.1126/science.229.4720.1386

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Abstract

Air entrapped in bubbles of cold ice has essentially the same composition as that of the atmosphere at the time of bubble formation. Measurements of the methane concentration in air extracted by two different methods from ice samples from Siple Station in western Antarctica allow the reconstruction of the history of the increase of the atmospheric methane during the past 200 years.

Bibliography

Stauffer, B., Fischer, G., Neftel, A., & Oeschger, H. (1985). Increase of Atmospheric Methane Recorded in Antarctic Ice Core. Science, 229(4720), 1386â1388.

Authors 4

B. Stauffer (first)
G. Fischer (additional)
A. Neftel (additional)
H. Oeschger (additional)

References 13 Referenced 155

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Dates

Type	When
Created	18 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 5, 2006, 3:42 p.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 12, 2024, 4:47 a.m.)
Indexed	2 months ago (June 25, 2025, 5:07 p.m.)
Issued	39 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 27, 1985)
Published	39 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 27, 1985)
Published Print	39 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 27, 1985)

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BibTeX

@article{Stauffer_1985, title={Increase of Atmospheric Methane Recorded in Antarctic Ice Core}, volume={229}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.229.4720.1386}, DOI={10.1126/science.229.4720.1386}, number={4720}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Stauffer, B. and Fischer, G. and Neftel, A. and Oeschger, H.}, year={1985}, month=sep, pages={1386–1388} }

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