Marine diatoms in ice cores from the Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land, Antarctica – species diversity and regional variability
The presence of marine microfossils (diatoms) in glacier ice and ice cores has been documented from numerous sites in Antarctica, Greenland, as well as from sites in the Andes and the Altai mountains, and attributed to entrainment and transport by winds. However, their presence and diversity in snow...
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ftcopernicus:oai:publications.copernicus.org:tcd94816 2023-05-15T14:02:17+02:00 Marine diatoms in ice cores from the Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land, Antarctica – species diversity and regional variability Tetzner, Dieter R. Thomas, Elizabeth R. Allen, Claire S. 2021-06-16 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-160 https://tc.copernicus.org/preprints/tc-2021-160/ eng eng doi:10.5194/tc-2021-160 https://tc.copernicus.org/preprints/tc-2021-160/ eISSN: 1994-0424 Text 2021 ftcopernicus https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-160 2021-06-21T16:22:16Z The presence of marine microfossils (diatoms) in glacier ice and ice cores has been documented from numerous sites in Antarctica, Greenland, as well as from sites in the Andes and the Altai mountains, and attributed to entrainment and transport by winds. However, their presence and diversity in snow and ice, especially in polar regions, is not well documented and still poorly understood. Here we present the first data to resolve the regional and temporal distribution of diatoms in ice cores, spanning a 20 year period across four sites in the southern Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. We assess the regional variability in diatom composition and abundance at annual and sub-annual resolution across all four sites. These data corroborate the dominance of contemporary marine diatoms in Antarctic Peninsula ice cores, reveal that the timing and amount of diatoms deposited vary between low and high elevation sites and support existing evidence that marine diatoms have the potential to yield a novel wind paleoenvironmental proxy for ice cores in the southern Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land. Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica glacier Greenland Copernicus Publications: E-Journals Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Ellsworth Land ENVELOPE(-85.000,-85.000,-75.000,-75.000) Greenland The Antarctic |
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The presence of marine microfossils (diatoms) in glacier ice and ice cores has been documented from numerous sites in Antarctica, Greenland, as well as from sites in the Andes and the Altai mountains, and attributed to entrainment and transport by winds. However, their presence and diversity in snow and ice, especially in polar regions, is not well documented and still poorly understood. Here we present the first data to resolve the regional and temporal distribution of diatoms in ice cores, spanning a 20 year period across four sites in the southern Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. We assess the regional variability in diatom composition and abundance at annual and sub-annual resolution across all four sites. These data corroborate the dominance of contemporary marine diatoms in Antarctic Peninsula ice cores, reveal that the timing and amount of diatoms deposited vary between low and high elevation sites and support existing evidence that marine diatoms have the potential to yield a novel wind paleoenvironmental proxy for ice cores in the southern Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land. |
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Marine diatoms in ice cores from the Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land, Antarctica – species diversity and regional variability |
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Marine diatoms in ice cores from the Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land, Antarctica – species diversity and regional variability |
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Marine diatoms in ice cores from the Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land, Antarctica – species diversity and regional variability |
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Marine diatoms in ice cores from the Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land, Antarctica – species diversity and regional variability |
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Marine diatoms in ice cores from the Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land, Antarctica – species diversity and regional variability |
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marine diatoms in ice cores from the antarctic peninsula and ellsworth land, antarctica – species diversity and regional variability |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica glacier Greenland |
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