Radiometric 81Kr dating identifies 120,000-year-old ice at Taylor Glacier, Antarctica ...
We present successful 81 Kr-Kr radiometric dating of ancient polarice. Krypton was extracted from the air bubbles in four∼350-kg polar ice samples from Taylor Glacier in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, and dated using Atom Trap Trace Analysis (ATTA). The 81 Kr radiometric ages agree with indepe...
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ftdatacite:10.7892/boris.74092 2024-09-30T14:27:02+00:00 Radiometric 81Kr dating identifies 120,000-year-old ice at Taylor Glacier, Antarctica ... Severinghaus, J. P. Muller, P. Petrenko, V. V. Lee, J. Baggenstos, D. Purtschert, R. Buizert, C. Lu, Z.-T. Jiang, W. Kuhl, T. Brook, E. J. 2014 application/pdf https://dx.doi.org/10.7892/boris.74092 http://boris.unibe.ch/74092/ en eng National Academy of Sciences NAS info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess 530 Physics Text ScholarlyArticle article-journal 2014 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.7892/boris.74092 2024-09-02T10:17:31Z We present successful 81 Kr-Kr radiometric dating of ancient polarice. Krypton was extracted from the air bubbles in four∼350-kg polar ice samples from Taylor Glacier in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, and dated using Atom Trap Trace Analysis (ATTA). The 81 Kr radiometric ages agree with independent age estimates obtained from stratigraphic dating techniques with a mean abso-lute age offset of 6±2.5 ka. Our experimental methods and sampling strategy are validated by (i) 85 Kr and 39 Ar analyses that show the samples to be free of modern air contamination and (ii)air content measurements that show the ice did not experience gas loss. We estimate the error in the 81 Kr ages due to past geomagnetic variability to be below 3 ka. We show that ice from the previous interglacial period (Marine Isotope Stage 5e, 130–115 ka before present) can be found in abundance near the surface of Taylor Glacier. Our study paves the way for reliable radiometric dating of ancient ice in blue ice areas and margin sites where ... Text Antarc* Antarctica McMurdo Dry Valleys Taylor Glacier DataCite McMurdo Dry Valleys Taylor Glacier ENVELOPE(162.167,162.167,-77.733,-77.733) Atta ENVELOPE(90.985,90.985,75.603,75.603) |
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We present successful 81 Kr-Kr radiometric dating of ancient polarice. Krypton was extracted from the air bubbles in four∼350-kg polar ice samples from Taylor Glacier in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, and dated using Atom Trap Trace Analysis (ATTA). The 81 Kr radiometric ages agree with independent age estimates obtained from stratigraphic dating techniques with a mean abso-lute age offset of 6±2.5 ka. Our experimental methods and sampling strategy are validated by (i) 85 Kr and 39 Ar analyses that show the samples to be free of modern air contamination and (ii)air content measurements that show the ice did not experience gas loss. We estimate the error in the 81 Kr ages due to past geomagnetic variability to be below 3 ka. We show that ice from the previous interglacial period (Marine Isotope Stage 5e, 130–115 ka before present) can be found in abundance near the surface of Taylor Glacier. Our study paves the way for reliable radiometric dating of ancient ice in blue ice areas and margin sites where ... |
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Severinghaus, J. P. Muller, P. Petrenko, V. V. Lee, J. Baggenstos, D. Purtschert, R. Buizert, C. Lu, Z.-T. Jiang, W. Kuhl, T. Brook, E. J. |
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Severinghaus, J. P. Muller, P. Petrenko, V. V. Lee, J. Baggenstos, D. Purtschert, R. Buizert, C. Lu, Z.-T. Jiang, W. Kuhl, T. Brook, E. J. |
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Radiometric 81Kr dating identifies 120,000-year-old ice at Taylor Glacier, Antarctica ... |
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Radiometric 81Kr dating identifies 120,000-year-old ice at Taylor Glacier, Antarctica ... |
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Radiometric 81Kr dating identifies 120,000-year-old ice at Taylor Glacier, Antarctica ... |
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Radiometric 81Kr dating identifies 120,000-year-old ice at Taylor Glacier, Antarctica ... |
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Radiometric 81Kr dating identifies 120,000-year-old ice at Taylor Glacier, Antarctica ... |
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radiometric 81kr dating identifies 120,000-year-old ice at taylor glacier, antarctica ... |
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