Annual means of delta 18O time series Colle Gnifetti ice cores

• Main Authors: Bohleber, Pascal, Wagenbach, Dietmar, Schöner, Wolfgang, Böhm, Reinhard
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2013
• Subjects: Monte Rosa; ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.874205; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.874205

Among Alpine ice core drilling sites, the Colle Gnifetti glacier saddle situated in the Monte Rosa summit range is the only one whose net snow accumulation rate is low enough to offer climate records back to some 1000 yr. It is demonstrated that the strong snow erosion at this site particularly hamp...