Organic Compounds in a Sub-Antarctic Ice Core: A Potential Suite of Sea Ice Markers. ...

• Main Authors: King, ACF, Thomas, ER, Pedro, JB, Markle, B, Potocki, M, Jackson, SL, Wolff, E, Kalberer, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2019
• Subjects: Bouvet; biomarkers; ice core; sea ice; sub‐Antarctic; Antarctic; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.43254; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/296209

Investigation of organic compounds in ice cores can potentially unlock a wealth of new information in these climate archives. We present results from the first ever ice core drilled on sub-Antarctic island Bouvet, representing a climatologically important but understudied region. We analyze a suite...