Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica

J. R. Petit; J. Jouzel; D. Raynaud; N. I. Barkov; J.-M. Barnola; I. Basile; M. Bender; J. Chappellaz; M. Davis; G. Delaygue; M. Delmotte; V. M. Kotlyakov; M. Legrand; V. Y. Lipenkov; C. Lorius; L. PÉpin; C. Ritz; E. Saltzman; M. Stievenard

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journal article Jun 01, 1999

Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica

J. R. Petit J. Jouzel D. Raynaud N. I. Barkov J.-M. Barnola I. Basile M. Bender

J. Chappellaz

M. Davis G. Delaygue M. Delmotte V. M. Kotlyakov M. Legrand V. Y. Lipenkov C. Lorius L. PÉpin C. Ritz

E. Saltzman M. Stievenard

Nature Vol. 399 No. 6735 pp. 429-436 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Published: Jun 01, 1999
Vol/Issue: 399(6735)
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Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et l'Environnement/Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, CEA-CNRSâUniversiteÌ de Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, CE Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.; Laboratoire de Glaciologie et GeÌophysique de l'Environnement, CNRS/UniversiteÌ Joseph Fourier, BoiÌte Postale 96, 38402, Saint Martin d'HeÌres, France.; Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Columbusstrasse, D27568 Bremerhaven, Germany.; Department of Geophysics, Juliane Maries Vej 30, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.; Science Institute, University of Reykjavik, Dunhaga 3, Reykjavik 107, Iceland.

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D. Raynaud

Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et l'Environnement/Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, CEA-CNRSâUniversiteÌ de Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, CE Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.; Laboratoire de Glaciologie et GeÌophysique de l'Environnement, CNRS/UniversiteÌ Joseph Fourier, BoiÌte Postale 96, 38402, Saint Martin d'HeÌres, France.; Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Columbusstrasse, D27568 Bremerhaven, Germany.; Department of Geophysics, Juliane Maries Vej 30, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.; Science Institute, University of Reykjavik, Dunhaga 3, Reykjavik 107, Iceland.

Institute of Environmental Geosciences (IGE), Grenoble INP, IRD, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.

Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences

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J. R. Petit, J. Jouzel, D. Raynaud, et al. (1999). Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica. Nature, 399(6735), 429-436. https://doi.org/10.1038/20859

Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica

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