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: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: envir; geo; Arctic; Lomonosovfonna; Svalbard; ice core; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-637-2018; https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/14/637/2018/

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...