Using Ancient Ice from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica to Study the Past Methane Budget and in situ Cosmogenic 14C Production Rates in Ice
We present radiocarbon and stable isotopes measurements from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica. Measurements of 14CH4, 14CO, δ13CH4, and δD-CH4 were conducted on 13 samples with ages ranging from 18-8.2 kilo year before present (kyr BP). The CH4 isotopes (both radiocarbon and stable isotopes) were used to...
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ftproquest:oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:27836502 2023-05-15T13:54:51+02:00 Using Ancient Ice from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica to Study the Past Methane Budget and in situ Cosmogenic 14C Production Rates in Ice Dyonisius, Michael N. 2020-01-01 00:00:01.0 http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=27836502 ENG eng University of Rochester http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=27836502 Paleoclimate Science|Geochemistry|Atmospheric Chemistry thesis 2020 ftproquest 2021-03-13T17:38:01Z We present radiocarbon and stable isotopes measurements from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica. Measurements of 14CH4, 14CO, δ13CH4, and δD-CH4 were conducted on 13 samples with ages ranging from 18-8.2 kilo year before present (kyr BP). The CH4 isotopes (both radiocarbon and stable isotopes) were used to constrain the deglacial CH4 budget. From the 14CH4 data, we show that emissions from old carbon reservoirs were small (<19 Tg CH4/yr, 95% confidence interval). From the stable isotopes (δ13CH4 and δD-CH4) data, we show that CH4 emissions from biomass burning during the preindustrial Holocene were comparable to today (22-56 Tg CH4/yr, 95% confidence interval). We also collected samples with ages older than >50 kyr BP for 14CO, 14CO2, 14CH4 measurements to calibrate the production rates of in situ cosmogenic 14C from negative muon capture and fast muon reactions. We find that the literature values of muon 14C production rates (Heisinger et al., 2002a, 2002b) are overestimated by factors of 5 (2.8-10.8, 95% confidence interval) and 3.9 (0-14.2, 95% confidence interval) for negative muon capture and fast muon interactions respectively. Thesis Antarc* Antarctica Taylor Glacier PQDT Open: Open Access Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest) Taylor Glacier ENVELOPE(162.167,162.167,-77.733,-77.733) |
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We present radiocarbon and stable isotopes measurements from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica. Measurements of 14CH4, 14CO, δ13CH4, and δD-CH4 were conducted on 13 samples with ages ranging from 18-8.2 kilo year before present (kyr BP). The CH4 isotopes (both radiocarbon and stable isotopes) were used to constrain the deglacial CH4 budget. From the 14CH4 data, we show that emissions from old carbon reservoirs were small (<19 Tg CH4/yr, 95% confidence interval). From the stable isotopes (δ13CH4 and δD-CH4) data, we show that CH4 emissions from biomass burning during the preindustrial Holocene were comparable to today (22-56 Tg CH4/yr, 95% confidence interval). We also collected samples with ages older than >50 kyr BP for 14CO, 14CO2, 14CH4 measurements to calibrate the production rates of in situ cosmogenic 14C from negative muon capture and fast muon reactions. We find that the literature values of muon 14C production rates (Heisinger et al., 2002a, 2002b) are overestimated by factors of 5 (2.8-10.8, 95% confidence interval) and 3.9 (0-14.2, 95% confidence interval) for negative muon capture and fast muon interactions respectively. |
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Using Ancient Ice from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica to Study the Past Methane Budget and in situ Cosmogenic 14C Production Rates in Ice |
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Using Ancient Ice from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica to Study the Past Methane Budget and in situ Cosmogenic 14C Production Rates in Ice |
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Using Ancient Ice from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica to Study the Past Methane Budget and in situ Cosmogenic 14C Production Rates in Ice |
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Using Ancient Ice from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica to Study the Past Methane Budget and in situ Cosmogenic 14C Production Rates in Ice |
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Using Ancient Ice from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica to Study the Past Methane Budget and in situ Cosmogenic 14C Production Rates in Ice |
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using ancient ice from taylor glacier, antarctica to study the past methane budget and in situ cosmogenic 14c production rates in ice |
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University of Rochester |
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