The EDC3 chronology for the EPICA Dome C ice core
The EPICA (European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica) Dome C drilling in East Antarctica has now been completed to a depth of 3260 m, at only a few meters above bedrock. Here we present the new EDC3 chronology, which is based on the use of 1) a snow accumulation and mechanical flow model, and 2)...
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The EPICA (European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica) Dome C drilling in East Antarctica has now been completed to a depth of 3260 m, at only a few meters above bedrock. Here we present the new EDC3 chronology, which is based on the use of 1) a snow accumulation and mechanical flow model, and 2) a set of independent age markers along the core. These are obtained by pattern matching of recorded parameters to either absolutely dated paleoclimatic records, or to insolation variations. We show that this new time scale is in excellent agreement with the Dome Fuji and Vostok ice core time scales back to 100 kyr within 1 kyr. Discrepancies larger than 3 kyr arise during MIS 5.4, 5.5 and 6, which points to anomalies in either snow accumulation or mechanical flow during these time periods. We estimate that EDC3 gives accurate event durations within 20% (2σ) back to MIS11 and accurate absolute ages with a maximum uncertainty of 6 kyr back to 800 kyr. |
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Parrenin, Frédéric Barnola, Jean-Marc Beer, J. Blunier, Thomas Castellano, E. Chappellaz, Jérôme Dreyfus, G. Fischer, Hubertus Fujita, S. Jouzel, Jean Kawamura, Kenji Lemieux-Dudon, Bénédicte Loulergue, L. Masson-Delmotte, Valérie Narcisi, Bianca Maria Petit, Jean-Robert Raisbeck, G. M. Raynaud, D. Ruth, U. Schwander, J. Severi, M. Spahni, R. P. Steffensen, J. Svensson, Anders Udisti, R. Waelbroeck, C. Wolff, Eric W. |
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Parrenin, Frédéric Barnola, Jean-Marc Beer, J. Blunier, Thomas Castellano, E. Chappellaz, Jérôme Dreyfus, G. Fischer, Hubertus Fujita, S. Jouzel, Jean Kawamura, Kenji Lemieux-Dudon, Bénédicte Loulergue, L. Masson-Delmotte, Valérie Narcisi, Bianca Maria Petit, Jean-Robert Raisbeck, G. M. Raynaud, D. Ruth, U. Schwander, J. Severi, M. Spahni, R. P. Steffensen, J. Svensson, Anders Udisti, R. Waelbroeck, C. Wolff, Eric W. |
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The EDC3 chronology for the EPICA Dome C ice core |
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The EDC3 chronology for the EPICA Dome C ice core |
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The EDC3 chronology for the EPICA Dome C ice core |
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The EDC3 chronology for the EPICA Dome C ice core |
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The EDC3 chronology for the EPICA Dome C ice core |
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edc3 chronology for the epica dome c ice core |
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:in2p3-00182732v1 2023-05-15T14:01:20+02:00 The EDC3 chronology for the EPICA Dome C ice core Parrenin, Frédéric Barnola, Jean-Marc Beer, J. Blunier, Thomas Castellano, E. Chappellaz, Jérôme Dreyfus, G. Fischer, Hubertus Fujita, S. Jouzel, Jean Kawamura, Kenji Lemieux-Dudon, Bénédicte Loulergue, L. Masson-Delmotte, Valérie Narcisi, Bianca Maria Petit, Jean-Robert Raisbeck, G. M. Raynaud, D. Ruth, U. Schwander, J. Severi, M. Spahni, R. P. Steffensen, J. Svensson, Anders Udisti, R. Waelbroeck, C. Wolff, Eric W. Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement (LGGE) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG) Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Swiss Federal Insitute of Aquatic Science and Technology Dübendorf (EAWAG) Climate and Environmental Physics Bern (CEP) Physikalisches Institut Bern Universität Bern Bern -Universität Bern Bern Department of Chemistry, Univ. Florence Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence Firenze (UNIFI) Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Gif-sur-Yvette (LSCE) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) National Institute of Polar Research Tokyo (NiPR) Glaces et Continents, Climats et Isotopes Stables (GLACCIOS) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies Graduate School of Science Tohoku University Sendai ENEA - Casaccia, Roma Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11) Niels Bohr Institute Copenhagen (NBI) Faculty of Science Copenhagen University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU) Paléocéanographie (PALEOCEAN) British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) 2007-08-17 http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00182732 http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00182732/document http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00182732/file/cp-3-485-2007.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-3-485-2007 en eng HAL CCSD European Geosciences Union (EGU) info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5194/cp-3-485-2007 in2p3-00182732 http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00182732 http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00182732/document http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00182732/file/cp-3-485-2007.pdf doi:10.5194/cp-3-485-2007 WOS: 000249785600011 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 1814-9324 EISSN: 1814-9332 Climate of the Past http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00182732 Climate of the Past, European Geosciences Union (EGU), 2007, 3 (3), pp.485-497. ⟨10.5194/cp-3-485-2007⟩ [SDU.STU.GP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph] [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2007 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-3-485-2007 2021-12-19T04:17:27Z The EPICA (European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica) Dome C drilling in East Antarctica has now been completed to a depth of 3260 m, at only a few meters above bedrock. Here we present the new EDC3 chronology, which is based on the use of 1) a snow accumulation and mechanical flow model, and 2) a set of independent age markers along the core. These are obtained by pattern matching of recorded parameters to either absolutely dated paleoclimatic records, or to insolation variations. We show that this new time scale is in excellent agreement with the Dome Fuji and Vostok ice core time scales back to 100 kyr within 1 kyr. Discrepancies larger than 3 kyr arise during MIS 5.4, 5.5 and 6, which points to anomalies in either snow accumulation or mechanical flow during these time periods. We estimate that EDC3 gives accurate event durations within 20% (2σ) back to MIS11 and accurate absolute ages with a maximum uncertainty of 6 kyr back to 800 kyr. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica East Antarctica EPICA ice core Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Dome Fuji ENVELOPE(39.700,39.700,-77.317,-77.317) East Antarctica Climate of the Past 3 3 485 497 |