Articles | Volume 19, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-999-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-999-2023
Research article
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22 May 2023
Research article |  | 22 May 2023

Methane, ethane, and propane production in Greenland ice core samples and a first isotopic characterization of excess methane

Michaela Mühl, Jochen Schmitt, Barbara Seth, James E. Lee, Jon S. Edwards, Edward J. Brook, Thomas Blunier, and Hubertus Fischer

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Our ice core measurements show that methane, ethane, and propane concentrations are significantly elevated above their past atmospheric background for Greenland ice samples containing mineral dust. The underlying co-production process happens during the classical discrete wet extraction of air from the ice sample and affects previous reconstructions of the inter-polar difference of methane as well as methane stable isotope records derived from dust-rich Greenland ice.
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