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Core Contamination

Core Contamination is the unintended introduction of extraneous substances or alterations to the chemical, isotopic, or biological composition of an ice core sample during extraction, handling, storage, or analysis, thereby compromising the integrity of the paleoenvironmental record it is intended to preserve.

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197

Authors

107

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2017–2026

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Publications

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A 120-yr record of widespread contamination from mining of the Iberian pyrite belt

Alexander van Geen, Jess F. Adkins, E. A. Boyle et al. · Geology · 1997 · 193 citations

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Trends in Basalt and Sediment Core Contamination During IODP Expedition 301

Mark A. Lever, Marc J. Alperin, Bert Engelen et al. · Geomicrobiology Journal · 2006 · 143 citations

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On dust dynamics in tokamak edge plasmas

S. I. Krasheninnikov, Y. Tomita, R.D. Smirnov et al. · Physics of Plasmas · 2004 · 115 citations

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Determining the stable isotope composition of pore water from saturated and unsaturated zone core: improvements to the direct vapour equilibration laser spectrometry method

M. Jim Hendry, Erin E. Schmeling, Leonard I. Wassenaar et al. · Hydrology and earth system sciences · 2015 · 83 citations · Full text

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Comparisons of Protocols for Decontamination of Environmental Ice Samples for Biological and Molecular Examinations

Scott O. Rogers, Vincent Theraisnathan, Leopold Donald J. et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2004 · 76 citations · Full text

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Authors

197

  1. DR
    D. Reiter

    Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  2. PS
    P.C. Stangeby

    University of Toronto, Canada

    2 publications · 26 citations

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  3. RG
    R. Guirlet

    Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, France

    2 publications · 25 citations

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  4. AV
    Alexander van Geen

    Columbia University, United States

    2 publications · 215 citations

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  5. RS
    R.D. Smirnov

    University of California San Diego, United States

    2 publications · 153 citations

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1–5 of 197

Institutions

107

  1. Forschungszentrum Jülich

    Jülich, Germany

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    336 citations

  2. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    271 citations

  3. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    29 publications

    413 citations

  4. Joint European Torus

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    41 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    15 publications

    390 citations

  6. Culham Science Centre

    Abingdon, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    263 citations

  7. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    215 citations

  8. CEA Cadarache

    Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France

    2 h-index

    27 publications

    345 citations

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  1. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

    4 publications · 122 citations

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  2. Nuclear Fusion

    4 publications · 92 citations

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  3. Physics of Plasmas

    3 publications · 176 citations

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  4. Environmental Technology

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  5. Environmental Geology

    1 publications · 16 citations

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