Ice core studies

Berner, W., Oeschger, H. and Stauffer, B. (1980). Information on the CO2 cycle from ice core studies. Radiocarbon 22,227-235. 

Cachier H (1995) Combustion carbonaceous aerosols in the atmosphere implications for ice core studies. Ice Core Studies of Global Biogeochemical Cycles, NATO ASI Series, Springer, Berlin, pp 313-346... 

Water Stable Isotopes Atmospheric Composition and Applications in Polar Ice Core Studies... 

Goto-Azuma K. and Koerner R. M. (2001) Ice core studies of anthropogenic sulfate and nitrate trends in the Arctic. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 106(D5), 4959-4969. 

The atmospheric burden of anthropogenic CO2 is very well known because it has been measured since 1958 and recent ice core studies indicate how the atmospheric CO2 evolved between the pre-industrial period and 1958 (Fig. 11.3). Because industries and governments keep records of the amount of fossil fuel recovered, this number is also known. The amount of atmospheric CO2 increase over the period 1860-1989 is estimated to be only 40% of total emissions (Table 11.1). Where has the rest gone ... 

Dignon, J. (1995) Impact of biomass burning on the atmosphere. In Ice core studies of global biogeochemical cycles (Ed. R. J. Delmas), NATO ASI Series Vol. 30, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 299-346... 

In order to make full use of the isotopic diffusion in ice core studies we need to know to what extent the diffusion constants for isotopic diffusion in glacier ice are independent of the isotopic species. 

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