Stable-isotope records from Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica ...

• Main Authors: Graf, Wolfgang, Oerter, Hans, Reinwarth, Oskar, Stichler, Willibald, Wilhelms, Frank, Miller, Heinz, Mulvaney, Robert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2002
• Subjects: Firn auger; Snow pit; Ice drill; EPICA_DML1; EPICA_DML3; EPICA_DML2; EPICA_DML5; Neumayer Station WMO89002; Kohnen Station; European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica EPICA; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dronning Maud Land; EPICA
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.728240; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.728240

The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) includes a comprehensive pre-site survey on the inland ice plateau of Dronning Maud Land. This paper focuses on the investigation of the 18O content of shallow firn and ice cores. These cores were dated by profiles derived from dielectric-profiling and continuous flow analysis measurements. The individual records were stacked in order to obtain composite chronologies of 18O contents and accumulation rates with enhanced signal-to-noise variance ratios.These chronologies document variations in the last 200 and 1000 years.The 18O contents and accumulation rates decreased in the 19th century and increased during the 20th century.Using the empirical relationships between stable isotopes, accumulation rates and the 10m firn temperature, the variation of both parameters can be explained by the same temperature history.But other causes for these variations, such as the build-up of the snow cover, cannot be excluded. A marked feature of the 1000 year ... : Supplement to: Graf, Wolfgang; Oerter, Hans; Reinwarth, Oskar; Stichler, Willibald; Wilhelms, Frank; Miller, Heinz; Mulvaney, Robert (2002): Stable-isotope records from Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 35, 195-201 ...