Age models of five ice cores from the Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica ...

• Main Authors: Sommer, Stefan, Appenzeller, C, Röthlisberger, Regine, Hutterli, Manuel A, Stauffer, Bernhard, Wagenbach, Dietmar, Oerter, Hans, Wilhelms, Frank, Miller, Heinz, Mulvaney, Robert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2000
• Subjects: Ice drill; EPICA_DML3; Neumayer Station WMO89002; European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica EPICA; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; EPICA
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.728290; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.728290

For the first time, annually resolved accumulation rates have been determined in central Antarctica by means of counting seasonal signals of ammonium, calcium, and sodium. All records, obtained from three intermediate depth ice cores from Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, show rather constant accumulation rates throughout the last 9 centuries with mean values of 63, 61, and 44 mm H2O yr**-1 and a typical year-to-year variation of about 30%. For the last few decades, no trend was detected accounting for the high natural variability of all records. A significant weak intersite correlation is apparent only between two cores when the high-frequency part with periods less than 30 years is removed. By analyzing the records in the frequency domain, no persistent periods were found. This suggests that the snow accumulation in this area is mainly influenced by local deposition patterns and may be additionally masked by redistribution of snow due to wind. By comparing accumulation rates over the last 2 millennia a ... : see doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.728291 for chemical records ...