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Fossil Air

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-011606

A sample of air that preserves the composition of the environment at the time it was deposited. Bubbles found in ice cores are one example of fossil air that records the atmospheric composition of the atmosphere at the time the ice was formed.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-011606
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNOAA Paleoclimatology Climate Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-011606",
  "term": "Fossil Air",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A sample of air that preserves the composition of the environment at the time it was deposited. Bubbles found in ice cores are one example of fossil air that records the atmospheric composition of the atmosphere at the time the ice was formed.",
  "references": [
    "NOAA Paleoclimatology Climate Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/fossil-air/"
}

Record 11,606 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.