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Original Articles

Col du Dôme (Mt Blanc Massif, French Alps) suitability for ice-core studies in relation with past atmospheric chemistry over Europe

Susanne PreunkertLaboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, CNRS, BP96, 38402 St. Martin d’Héres, France;;Institut fur Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg, INF 229, 69120Heidelberg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected].
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Dietmar WagenbachInstitut fur Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg, INF 229, 69120Heidelberg, Germany
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Michel LegrandLaboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, CNRS, BP96, 38402 St. Martin d’Héres, France;
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Christian VincentLaboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, CNRS, BP96, 38402 St. Martin d’Héres, France;
Pages 993-1012 | Received 12 Apr 1999, Accepted 17 Sep 1999, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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