Gas age-ice age differences and the chronology of the Vostok ice core, 0-100 ka

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Bender, M. L., Floch, G., Chappellaz, J., Suwa, M., Barnola, J.-M., Blunier, T., Dreyfus, G., Jouzel, J., Parrenin, F.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Washington, American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Byrd; Dome Fuji; Greenland; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Greenland Ice Sheet Project; ice core; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JD006488; http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/298322

Gas is trapped in polar ice at depths of ∼50-120 m and is therefore significantly younger than the ice in which it is embedded. The age difference is not well constrained for slowly accumulating ice on the East Antarctic Plateau, introducing a significant uncertainty into chronologies of the oldest...