NGRIP CH 4 concentration from 120 to 10 kyr before present and its relation to a δ 15 N temperature reconstruction from the same ice core
During the last glacial cycle, Greenland temperature showed many rapid temperature variations, the so-called Dansgaard–Oeschger (DO) events. The past atmospheric methane concentration closely followed these temperature variations, which implies that the warmings recorded in Greenland were probably h...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:7ae748a991224bfdb1a5de3d688fa29c 2023-05-15T16:27:06+02:00 NGRIP CH 4 concentration from 120 to 10 kyr before present and its relation to a δ 15 N temperature reconstruction from the same ice core M. Baumgartner P. Kindler O. Eicher G. Floch A. Schilt J. Schwander R. Spahni E. Capron J. Chappellaz M. Leuenberger H. Fischer T. F. Stocker 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-903-2014 https://doaj.org/article/7ae748a991224bfdb1a5de3d688fa29c EN eng Copernicus Publications http://www.clim-past.net/10/903/2014/cp-10-903-2014.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1814-9324 https://doaj.org/toc/1814-9332 1814-9324 1814-9332 doi:10.5194/cp-10-903-2014 https://doaj.org/article/7ae748a991224bfdb1a5de3d688fa29c Climate of the Past, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 903-920 (2014) Environmental pollution TD172-193.5 Environmental protection TD169-171.8 Environmental sciences GE1-350 article 2014 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-903-2014 2022-12-31T01:47:27Z During the last glacial cycle, Greenland temperature showed many rapid temperature variations, the so-called Dansgaard–Oeschger (DO) events. The past atmospheric methane concentration closely followed these temperature variations, which implies that the warmings recorded in Greenland were probably hemispheric in extent. Here we substantially extend and complete the North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) methane record from the Preboreal Holocene (PB) back to the end of the last interglacial period with a mean time resolution of 54 yr. We relate the amplitudes of the methane increases associated with DO events to the amplitudes of the local Greenland NGRIP temperature increases derived from stable nitrogen isotope (δ 15 N) measurements, which have been performed along the same ice core (Kindler et al., 2014). We find the ratio to oscillate between 5 parts per billion (ppb) per °C and 18 ppb °C −1 with the approximate frequency of the precessional cycle. A remarkably high ratio of 25.5 ppb °C −1 is reached during the transition from the Younger Dryas (YD) to the PB. Analysis of the timing of the fast methane and temperature increases reveals significant lags of the methane increases relative to NGRIP temperature for DO events 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 19, and 20. These events generally have small methane increase rates and we hypothesize that the lag is caused by pronounced northward displacement of the source regions from stadial to interstadial. We further show that the relative interpolar concentration difference (rIPD) of methane is about 4.5% for the stadials between DO events 18 and 20, which is in the same order as in the stadials before and after DO event 2 around the Last Glacial Maximum. The rIPD of methane remains relatively stable throughout the full last glacial, with a tendency for elevated values during interstadial compared to stadial periods. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Greenland ice core Greenland Ice core Project ice core NGRIP North Greenland North Greenland Ice Core Project Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Greenland Climate of the Past 10 2 903 920 |
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Environmental pollution TD172-193.5 Environmental protection TD169-171.8 Environmental sciences GE1-350 M. Baumgartner P. Kindler O. Eicher G. Floch A. Schilt J. Schwander R. Spahni E. Capron J. Chappellaz M. Leuenberger H. Fischer T. F. Stocker NGRIP CH 4 concentration from 120 to 10 kyr before present and its relation to a δ 15 N temperature reconstruction from the same ice core |
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During the last glacial cycle, Greenland temperature showed many rapid temperature variations, the so-called Dansgaard–Oeschger (DO) events. The past atmospheric methane concentration closely followed these temperature variations, which implies that the warmings recorded in Greenland were probably hemispheric in extent. Here we substantially extend and complete the North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) methane record from the Preboreal Holocene (PB) back to the end of the last interglacial period with a mean time resolution of 54 yr. We relate the amplitudes of the methane increases associated with DO events to the amplitudes of the local Greenland NGRIP temperature increases derived from stable nitrogen isotope (δ 15 N) measurements, which have been performed along the same ice core (Kindler et al., 2014). We find the ratio to oscillate between 5 parts per billion (ppb) per °C and 18 ppb °C −1 with the approximate frequency of the precessional cycle. A remarkably high ratio of 25.5 ppb °C −1 is reached during the transition from the Younger Dryas (YD) to the PB. Analysis of the timing of the fast methane and temperature increases reveals significant lags of the methane increases relative to NGRIP temperature for DO events 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 19, and 20. These events generally have small methane increase rates and we hypothesize that the lag is caused by pronounced northward displacement of the source regions from stadial to interstadial. We further show that the relative interpolar concentration difference (rIPD) of methane is about 4.5% for the stadials between DO events 18 and 20, which is in the same order as in the stadials before and after DO event 2 around the Last Glacial Maximum. The rIPD of methane remains relatively stable throughout the full last glacial, with a tendency for elevated values during interstadial compared to stadial periods. |
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NGRIP CH 4 concentration from 120 to 10 kyr before present and its relation to a δ 15 N temperature reconstruction from the same ice core |
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NGRIP CH 4 concentration from 120 to 10 kyr before present and its relation to a δ 15 N temperature reconstruction from the same ice core |
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NGRIP CH 4 concentration from 120 to 10 kyr before present and its relation to a δ 15 N temperature reconstruction from the same ice core |
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NGRIP CH 4 concentration from 120 to 10 kyr before present and its relation to a δ 15 N temperature reconstruction from the same ice core |
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NGRIP CH 4 concentration from 120 to 10 kyr before present and its relation to a δ 15 N temperature reconstruction from the same ice core |
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ngrip ch 4 concentration from 120 to 10 kyr before present and its relation to a δ 15 n temperature reconstruction from the same ice core |
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