Stable isotope data from the Gomez ice core (GZ07), Bryan Coast, South-Western Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Author: Thomas, Elizabeth
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Data Centre; British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council; Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK. 2017
• Subjects: "EARTH SCIENCE","CRYOSPHERE","SNOW/ICE","SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY"; "EARTH SCIENCE","CRYOSPHERE","SNOW/ICE","SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE"; "EARTH SCIENCE","TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE","SNOW/ICE","SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY"; "EARTH SCIENCE","TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE","SNOW/ICE","SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE"; "EARTH SCIENCE","PALEOCLIMATE","ICE CORE RECORDS","ISOTOPES"; "EARTH SCIENCE","PALEOCLIMATE","ICE CORE RECORDS"; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bryan Coast; Faraday; Gomez; Antarc*; ice core
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/d77dd930-654b-4d09-99bd-8df3b00025a8; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00992

This dataset provides an annual isotope record from the Gomez (GZ07) ice core, dating back to the 1850s. The 136 m core was drilled on the South-western Antarctic Peninsula, during January 2007. We present a new 150-year, high-resolution, stable isotope record (δ18O) from the Gomez ice core, drilled on the data sparse south western Antarctic Peninsula. The record is highly correlated with satellite-derived temperature reconstructions and instrumental records from Faraday station on the north west coast, thus making it a robust proxy for local and regional temperatures since the 1850s.