Differing source water inputs, moderated by evaporative enrichment, determine the contrasting δ18OCELLULOSE signals in maritime Antarctic moss peat banks

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Royles, Jessica, Sime, Louise C., Hodgson, Dominic A., Convey, Peter, Griffiths, Howard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; Signy Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502098/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502098/1/jgrg20021.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrg.20021

Oxygen isotope palaeoclimate records, preserved in moss tissue cellulose, are complicated by environmental influences on the relationships between source water inputs and evaporative conditions. We carried out stable isotope analyses of precipitation collected from the maritime Antarctic and cellulo...