South Pole glacial climate reconstruction from multi-borehole laser particulate stratigraphy
Journal of glaciology 59(218), 1117 - 1128 (2013). doi:10.3189/2013JoG13J068 : The IceCube Neutrino Observatory and its prototype, AMANDA, were built in South Pole ice, using powerful hot-water drills to cleanly bore >100 holes to depths up to 2500 m. The construction of these particle physics de...
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ftdatacite:10.3204/desy-2014-01967 2023-05-15T13:56:38+02:00 South Pole glacial climate reconstruction from multi-borehole laser particulate stratigraphy IceCube Collaboration 2013 https://dx.doi.org/10.3204/desy-2014-01967 http://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/167632 en eng Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg https://dx.doi.org/10.3189/2013jog13j068 550 Text Journal article article-journal ScholarlyArticle 2013 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.3204/desy-2014-01967 https://doi.org/10.3189/2013jog13j068 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Journal of glaciology 59(218), 1117 - 1128 (2013). doi:10.3189/2013JoG13J068 : The IceCube Neutrino Observatory and its prototype, AMANDA, were built in South Pole ice, using powerful hot-water drills to cleanly bore >100 holes to depths up to 2500 m. The construction of these particle physics detectors provided a unique opportunity to examine the deep ice sheet using a variety of novel techniques. We made high-resolution particulate profiles with a laser dust logger in eight of the boreholes during detector commissioning between 2004 and 2010. The South Pole laser logs are among the most clearly resolved measurements of Antarctic dust strata during the last glacial period and can be used to reconstruct paleoclimate records in exceptional detail. Here we use manual and algorithmic matching to synthesize our South Pole measurements with ice-core and logging data from Dome C, East Antarctica. We derive impurity concentration, precision chronology, annual-layer thickness, local spatial variability, and identify several widespread volcanic ash depositions useful for dating. We also examine the interval around ∼74 ka recently isolated with radiometric dating to bracket the Toba (Sumatra) supereruption. : Published by Soc., Cambridge Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica East Antarctica ice core Ice Sheet South pole South pole DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic East Antarctica South Pole |
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Journal of glaciology 59(218), 1117 - 1128 (2013). doi:10.3189/2013JoG13J068 : The IceCube Neutrino Observatory and its prototype, AMANDA, were built in South Pole ice, using powerful hot-water drills to cleanly bore >100 holes to depths up to 2500 m. The construction of these particle physics detectors provided a unique opportunity to examine the deep ice sheet using a variety of novel techniques. We made high-resolution particulate profiles with a laser dust logger in eight of the boreholes during detector commissioning between 2004 and 2010. The South Pole laser logs are among the most clearly resolved measurements of Antarctic dust strata during the last glacial period and can be used to reconstruct paleoclimate records in exceptional detail. Here we use manual and algorithmic matching to synthesize our South Pole measurements with ice-core and logging data from Dome C, East Antarctica. We derive impurity concentration, precision chronology, annual-layer thickness, local spatial variability, and identify several widespread volcanic ash depositions useful for dating. We also examine the interval around ∼74 ka recently isolated with radiometric dating to bracket the Toba (Sumatra) supereruption. : Published by Soc., Cambridge |
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South Pole glacial climate reconstruction from multi-borehole laser particulate stratigraphy |
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South Pole glacial climate reconstruction from multi-borehole laser particulate stratigraphy |
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South Pole glacial climate reconstruction from multi-borehole laser particulate stratigraphy |
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South Pole glacial climate reconstruction from multi-borehole laser particulate stratigraphy |
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South Pole glacial climate reconstruction from multi-borehole laser particulate stratigraphy |
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south pole glacial climate reconstruction from multi-borehole laser particulate stratigraphy |
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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg |
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