Search Results - "Faïn, Xavier"
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Black carbon variability since preindustrial times in the eastern part of Europe reconstructed from Mt. Elbrus, Caucasus, ice cores
Published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics (14-03-2017)“…Black carbon (BC), emitted by fossil fuel combustion and biomass burning, is the second largest man-made contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide…”
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Gaseous elemental mercury emissions and CO₂ respiration rates in terrestrial soils under controlled aerobic and anaerobic laboratory conditions
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-03-2010)“…Mercury (Hg) levels in terrestrial soils are linked to the presence of organic carbon (C). Carbon pools are highly dynamic and subject to mineralization…”
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Atmospheric methane variability: Centennial‐scale signals in the Last Glacial Period
Published in Global biogeochemical cycles (01-03-2017)“…In order to understand atmospheric methane (CH4) biogeochemistry now and in the future, we must apprehend its natural variability, without anthropogenic…”
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A Micro-Mechanical Model for the Transformation of Dry Polar Firn Into Ice Using the Level-Set Method
Published in Frontiers in earth science (Lausanne) (17-04-2020)“…Interpretation of greenhouse gas records in polar ice cores requires a good understanding of the mechanisms controlling gas trapping in polar ice, and…”
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Local artifacts in ice core methane records caused by layered bubble trapping and in situ production: a multi-site investigation
Published in Climate of the past (26-04-2016)“…Advances in trace gas analysis allow localised, non-atmospheric features to be resolved in ice cores, superimposed on the coherent atmospheric signal. These…”
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Polar firn air reveals large-scale impact of anthropogenic mercury emissions during the 1970s
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (22-09-2009)“…Mercury (Hg) is an extremely toxic pollutant, and its biogeochemical cycle has been perturbed by anthropogenic emissions during recent centuries. In the…”
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Whole-watershed mercury balance at Sagehen Creek, Sierra Nevada, CA
Published in Geochimica et cosmochimica acta (01-05-2011)“…Few data are available on mercury (Hg) dynamics at high-elevation mountain sites. In this project, a whole-watershed approach was used to quantify major fluxes…”
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Diurnal production of gaseous mercury in the alpine snowpack before snowmelt
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres (16-11-2007)“…In March 2005, an extensive mercury study was performed just before snowmelt at Col de Porte, an alpine site close to Grenoble, France. Total mercury…”
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How Elementary Mercury Reacts in the Presence of Halogen Radicals and/or Halogen Anions: A DFT Investigation
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (01-01-2008)“…Reactions of elementary mercury in the gas phase (GEM) have been investigated at the DFT level in the presence of halogen radicals and/or halogen anions. In…”
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Minimal geological methane emissions during the Younger Dryas–Preboreal abrupt warming event
Published in Nature (London) (24-08-2017)“…Measurements from Antarctic ice suggest that geological methane emissions are much lower than previously thought, and that methane emissions from hydrates and…”
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Bromine-induced oxidation of mercury in the mid-latitude atmosphere
Published in Nature geoscience (01-01-2011)“…Mercury is a potent neurotoxin, which enters remote ecosystemsprimarily through atmospheric deposition. In the polar atmosphere, gaseous elemental mercury is…”
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Deposition of Mercury Species in the Ny-Ålesund Area (79°N) and Their Transfer during Snowmelt
Published in Environmental science & technology (01-02-2010)“…Arctic snowpacks are often considered as temporary reservoirs for atmospheric mercury (Hg) deposited during springtime deposition events (AMDEs). The fate of…”
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Continuous methane measurements from a late Holocene Greenland ice core: Atmospheric and in-situ signals
Published in Earth and planetary science letters (01-04-2013)“…Ancient air trapped inside bubbles in ice cores can now be analysed for methane concentration utilising a laser spectrometer coupled to a continuous melter…”
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Combining traditional and novel techniques to increase our understanding of the lock-in depth of atmospheric gases in polar ice cores – results from the EastGRIP region
Published in The cryosphere (23-09-2024)“…We investigate the lock-in zone (LIZ) of the East Greenland Ice Core Project (EastGRIP) region, northeastern Greenland, in detail. We present results from the…”
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A 2000-year temperature reconstruction on the East Antarctic plateau from argon–nitrogen and water stable isotopes in the Aurora Basin North ice core
Published in Climate of the past (07-06-2023)“…The temperature of the Earth is one of the most important climate parameters. Proxy records of past climate changes, in particular temperature, represent a…”
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Characterization of in situ cosmogenic 14CO production, retention and loss in firn and shallow ice at Summit, Greenland
Published in The cryosphere (25-07-2024)“…Measurements of carbon-14-containing carbon monoxide (14CO) in glacial ice are useful for studies of the past oxidative capacity of the atmosphere as well as…”
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Estimation of gas record alteration in very low-accumulation ice cores
Published in Climate of the past (11-03-2020)“…We measured the methane mixing ratios of enclosed air in five ice core sections drilled on the East Antarctic Plateau. Our work aims to study two effects that…”
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Northern Hemisphere atmospheric history of carbon monoxide since preindustrial times reconstructed from multiple Greenland ice cores
Published in Climate of the past (01-04-2022)“…Carbon monoxide (CO) is a regulated pollutant and one of the key components determining the oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere. Obtaining a reliable record…”
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Southern Hemisphere atmospheric history of carbon monoxide over the late Holocene reconstructed from multiple Antarctic ice archives
Published in Climate of the past (15-11-2023)“…Carbon monoxide (CO) is a naturally occurring atmospheric trace gas, a regulated pollutant, and one of the main components determining the oxidative capacity…”
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Analytical constraints on layered gas trapping and smoothing of atmospheric variability in ice under low-accumulation conditions
Published in Climate of the past (13-12-2017)“…We investigate for the first time the loss and alteration of past atmospheric information from air trapping mechanisms under low-accumulation conditions…”
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