Ice-core Glaciochemical Reconnaissance in Inland West Antarctica

To date, the highest resolution ice cores have come from Greenland [the U.S. Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) and European Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP)]. The ability to determine annual layering in these cores over at least the past 50,000 years has allowed the reconstruction of a detailed...

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Main Authors: Kreutz, Karl J., Mayewski, Paul Andrew, Twickler, Mark S., Whitlow, Sallie I.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 1996
Subjects:
Glaciogeology
Geochemistry
Glaciochemistry
Glaciology
Cryology
Climate Change
Earth Sciences
Hydrology
West Antarctica
Greenland
Antarc*
Antarctica
Greenland ice core
Greenland Ice core Project
Greenland Ice Sheet Project
GRIP
ice core
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ers_facpub/227
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1232&context=ers_facpub
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Summary:To date, the highest resolution ice cores have come from Greenland [the U.S. Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) and European Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP)]. The ability to determine annual layering in these cores over at least the past 50,000 years has allowed the reconstruction of a detailed environmental history covering major glacial and interglacial climatic events (e.g., Mayewski et aI. 1994; O'Brien et al. 1995). Although these cores have significantly advanced our understanding of paleoclimatic change in the Northern Hemisphere, questions remain as to whether the two hemispheres have responded synchronously to climate forcing through time. Determining the existence, similarity, and phasing of climatic change in the Southern Hemisphere is crucial to understanding the importance of various climate-forcing factors.

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