Methanesulfonate in the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 Ice Core

• Main Authors: Saltzman, E. S., Whung, P-Y., Mayewski, Paul Andrew
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 1997
• Subjects: Glaciogeology; Geochemistry; Glaciochemistry; Glaciology; Cryology; Climate Change; Earth Sciences; Hydrology; Greenland; Renland; Greenland Ice Sheet Project; ice core; Ice Sheet; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ers_facpub/262; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1267&context=ers_facpub

In this paper we present measurements of methanesulfonate in the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) ice core. Methanesulfonate is an atmospheric oxidation product of dimethylsulfide. The GISP2 methanesulfonate record contains information about the atmospheric loading of biogenic sulfur over the p...