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To: Kay Ludlow
"...My question is how compressed are the layers after the weight of 100,000 years of snow have been on top of them? ..."

Good observation

Here are some data from the Vostok Ice Cores --- Vostok ice data

BP = before present.

" Depth, m - Yr BP - mean age-- Co2, ppmv

3120.61--- 324711 --322827--- 288.4
3123.51 ---325400-- 323485 ---298.7
3129.91--- 327237 --324991--- 285.8 "

Looks to me that the largest CO2 number that I noticed is an average of several hundred years.

The current 370 ppmv CO2 is 24 percent higher than an average of several hundred years --- seems to me that to get an average of 298.7 over several hundred years, some of the data had to be higher, --- and thus, much closer to current data.

59 posted on 06/10/2004 7:40:34 AM PDT by gatex
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To: gatex
The current 370 ppmv CO2 is 24 percent higher than an average of several hundred years --- seems to me that to get an average of 298.7 over several hundred years, some of the data had to be higher, --- and thus, much closer to current data.

Thanks!

Actually, that data is grouped in periods of about 1700 to 2300 years. I'm glad you see my point ;-) We would need to take our average C02 for the last 2000 years to make a comparison that is statistically valid, not the last ten years.

72 posted on 06/11/2004 4:06:37 AM PDT by Kay Ludlow (Free market, but cautious about what I support with my dollars)
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