Atmospheric CO2 content in the past deduced from ice core analyses

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Oeschger, H., Stauffer, B., Neftel, A., Schwander, J., Zumbrunn, R.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 1982
• Subjects: 530 Physics; Byrd; Byrd Station; Annals of Glaciology; ice core
• Online Access: https://boris.unibe.ch/158770/1/oeschger82ag.pdf; https://boris.unibe.ch/158770/

Probably the only direct way to reconstruct historic atmospheric CO2/air ratios is by measuring the air occluded in ice samples. For such studies, ice samples from very cold regions have an advantage in that the snow and ice probably never had been in contact with liquid water, which interacts with...