Regional variability of diatoms in ice cores from the Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land, Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: D. R. Tetzner, C. S. Allen, E. R. Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Greenland; Ellsworth Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-779-2022; https://doaj.org/article/c37e36024c5d49f090f110e2d5cabcf7

The presence of marine microfossils (diatoms) in glacier ice and ice cores has been documented from numerous sites in Antarctica, Greenland, as well as from sites in the Andes and the Altai mountains, and attributed to entrainment and transport by winds. However, their presence and diversity in snow...