What was the surface temperature in central Antarctica during the last glacial maximum? ...

• Main Authors: Blunier, Thomas, Schwander, Jakob, Chappellaz, Jérôme, Parrenin, Frédéric, Barnola, Jean Marc
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Bern 2004
• Subjects: Byrd; Byrd Station; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48350/158541; https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/43205

The temperature increase at Vostok (Antarctica) from the last glacial maximum to the present warm period is about 8°C based on the deuterium isotope profile. The bore hole temperature (temperature profile in the ice sheet) indicates that the temperature difference may have been much larger, about 15...