Tephrochronological investigation of mid- to late Holocene acid signals in Greenland ice cores

• Main Authors: Plunkett, Gill, Coulter, Sarah, Pilcher, Jonathan, Hall, Valerie
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Antarctic; Eldgjá; Greenland; Laki; Antarc*; Dye 3; Dye-3; Greenland ice core; Greenland ice cores; GRIP; Hekla; ice core; NGRIP
• Online Access: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/32892aff-2c09-42b1-ae1c-4a17d333b875

Volcanic acidity peaks provide critical reference horizons that enable the linkage of multiple ice cores in Greenland and have aided the construction of the Greenland Ice Core Chronology 2005 (GICC05). The source eruption of these acid layers can only be established though geochemical characterizati...