학술논문

Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica.
Document Type
Article
Source
Nature. 6/3/1999, Vol. 399 Issue 6735, p429-436. 8p. 1 Chart, 11 Graphs.
Subject
*ICE sheets
*GLACIAL Epoch
*CLIMATE change
*ATMOSPHERIC carbon dioxide
Language
ISSN
0028-0836
Abstract
Presents research which studied the ice record at the Vostok station in East Antarctica. Evidence for atmospheric composition and climate for the past four glacial-interglacial cycles; Succession of changes between cycles; Oscillation of atmospheric and climate properties; Differences between periods for temporal evolution and duration; Concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane in the cycles. INSET: Box 1 The Vostok glaciological timescale.