Atmospheric nitrous oxide in the pre-800 ka atmosphere from ice cores from the Allan Hills, Antarctica

• Main Author: Stock, Marika P.
• Other Authors: Brook, Edward J., Menking, James A., Buizert, Christo, Oregon State University. Honors College
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; unknown
• Published: Oregon State University
• Subjects: Atmospheric nitrous oxide; Ice cores; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Taylor Glacier
• Online Access: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/honors_college_theses/9w032930f

Nitrous oxide is an important greenhouse gas that has both natural and anthropogenic sources in the modern atmosphere (Ciais et al., 2013). This project expanded the knowledge of the history of atmospheric N2O in the geologic past by measuring N2O concentrations in air trapped in very old polar ice....