Isotope Stratigraphy of the last glacial cycle (MIS 4 - MIS 1): Greenland stadials / interstadials; Dansgaard-Oescher and Heinrich Events

Ice cores at the polar ice sheets (Greenland and Antarctica) have expanded the understanding of climate changes recorded by the marine stratigraphic scale of oxygen isotopes. The wide variety of data obtained, both from the analysis of ice and from the air trapped in its bubbles, make the ice cores...

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Main Authors: Bardají Azcárate, Teresa, Lario, Javier
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Spanish
Published: Cuaternario y Geomorfología 2022
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Online Access:https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CUGEO/article/view/94171
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Summary:Ice cores at the polar ice sheets (Greenland and Antarctica) have expanded the understanding of climate changes recorded by the marine stratigraphic scale of oxygen isotopes. The wide variety of data obtained, both from the analysis of ice and from the air trapped in its bubbles, make the ice cores one of the palaeoclimatic records of highest quality. The variation in the isotope ratios of oxygen (dO18), deuterium (dD) and other trace elements, together with the high chronological precision reached by annual layer counting and other dating methods, allow to establish a detailed chronological scale for MIS 4 to MIS 1, poorly represented in deep ocean cores. The Greenland ice-cores show a large climatic variability along this period, with very rapid warming events (Dansgaard - Oeschger events; Greenland interstadials) followed by slower cooling events (Greenland stadials), some of which particularly cold (Heinrich events). Comparison of these events with contemporary records in middle latitudes allows us to interpret the response of different sedimentary environments to such climatic variability. Two examples of these records have been selected: a speleothem from a karstic cave and a polygenic sedimentary sequence. Los sondeos de hielo en los casquetes polares (Groenlandia y Antártida) han permitido profundizar en el conocimiento de los cambios climáticos registrados en los sondeos oceánicos profundos y el registro de los isótopos del oxígeno. La gran variedad de datos obtenidos, tanto a partir del análisis del hielo, como del aire atrapado en sus burbujas, hacen de los sondeos de hielo uno de los registros paleoclimáticos de mayor calidad. La variación de la relación isotópica del oxígeno (dO18), del deuterio (dD) y de otros elementos traza, unido a la gran precisión cronológica asociada al contaje de capas anuales y otros métodos de datación, han permitido establecer una escala cronológica de detalle para los MIS 4 a MIS 1, pobremente representados en los sondeos oceánicos. Los sondeos de hielo realizados en ...