Aromatic acids in an Arctic ice core from Svalbard: a proxy record of biomass burning

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: Grieman, Mackenzie M., Aydin, Murat, Isaksson, Elisabeth, Schwikowski, Margit, Saltzman, Eric S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Arctic; Lomonosovfonna; Svalbard; ice core; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-637-2018; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00005953; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00005910/cp-14-637-2018.pdf; https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/14/637/2018/cp-14-637-2018.pdf

This study presents vanillic acid and para-hydroxybenzoic acid levels in an Arctic ice core from Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard covering the past 800 years. These aromatic acids are likely derived from lignin combustion in wildfires and long-range aerosol transport. Vanillic and para-hydroxybenzoic acid a...