Prospects for reconstructing paleoenvironmental conditions from organic compounds in polar snow and ice ...
Polar ice cores provide information about past climate and environmental changes over periods ranging from a few years up to 800,000 years. The majority of chemical studies have focused on determining inorganic components, such as major ions and trace elements as well as on their isotopic fingerprin...
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ftdatacite:10.17863/cam.21119 2024-02-04T10:01:12+01:00 Prospects for reconstructing paleoenvironmental conditions from organic compounds in polar snow and ice ... Giorio, C Kehrwald, N Barbante, C Kalberer, M King, ACF Thomas, ER Wolff, EW Zennaro, P 2018 https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.21119 https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/274040 en eng Elsevier BV Organic compounds Molecular markers Ice core Polar Environmental proxies Article ScholarlyArticle JournalArticle article-journal 2018 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.17863/cam.21119 2024-01-05T14:32:39Z Polar ice cores provide information about past climate and environmental changes over periods ranging from a few years up to 800,000 years. The majority of chemical studies have focused on determining inorganic components, such as major ions and trace elements as well as on their isotopic fingerprint. In this paper, we review the different classes of organic compounds that might yield environmental information, discussing existing research and what is needed to improve knowledge. We also discuss the problems of sampling, analysis and interpretation of organic molecules in ice. This review highlights the great potential for organic compounds to be used as proxies for anthropogenic activities, past fire events from different types of biomass, terrestrial biogenic emissions and marine biological activity, along with the possibility of inferring past temperature fluctuations and even large-scale climate variability. In parallel, comprehensive research needs to be done to assess the atmospheric stability of these ... Article in Journal/Newspaper ice core DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Polar ice cores provide information about past climate and environmental changes over periods ranging from a few years up to 800,000 years. The majority of chemical studies have focused on determining inorganic components, such as major ions and trace elements as well as on their isotopic fingerprint. In this paper, we review the different classes of organic compounds that might yield environmental information, discussing existing research and what is needed to improve knowledge. We also discuss the problems of sampling, analysis and interpretation of organic molecules in ice. This review highlights the great potential for organic compounds to be used as proxies for anthropogenic activities, past fire events from different types of biomass, terrestrial biogenic emissions and marine biological activity, along with the possibility of inferring past temperature fluctuations and even large-scale climate variability. In parallel, comprehensive research needs to be done to assess the atmospheric stability of these ... |
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Giorio, C Kehrwald, N Barbante, C Kalberer, M King, ACF Thomas, ER Wolff, EW Zennaro, P |
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Giorio, C Kehrwald, N Barbante, C Kalberer, M King, ACF Thomas, ER Wolff, EW Zennaro, P |
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Prospects for reconstructing paleoenvironmental conditions from organic compounds in polar snow and ice ... |
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Prospects for reconstructing paleoenvironmental conditions from organic compounds in polar snow and ice ... |
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Prospects for reconstructing paleoenvironmental conditions from organic compounds in polar snow and ice ... |
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Prospects for reconstructing paleoenvironmental conditions from organic compounds in polar snow and ice ... |
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Prospects for reconstructing paleoenvironmental conditions from organic compounds in polar snow and ice ... |
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prospects for reconstructing paleoenvironmental conditions from organic compounds in polar snow and ice ... |
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