A 250 ka oxygen isotope record from diatoms at Lake El'gygytgyn, far east Russian Arctic

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: B. Chapligin, H. Meyer, G. E. A. Swann, C. Meyer-Jacob, H.-W. Hubberten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
• Subjects: Environmental pollution; TD172-193.5; Environmental protection; TD169-171.8; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Arctic Lake; EPICA; ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-1621-2012; https://doaj.org/article/eac77e2e98504bd68b049bf0b930f8d8

In 2003 sediment core Lz1024 was drilled at Lake El'gygytgyn, far east Russian Arctic, in an area of the Northern Hemisphere which has not been glaciated for the last 3.6 Ma. Biogenic silica was used for analysing the oxygen isotope composition (δ 18 O diatom ) in the upper 13 m long section da...