A new ice-core record from Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard:Viewing the 1920-97 data in relation to present climate and environmental conditions

• Main Authors: Isaksson, E., Pohjola, V., Jauhiainen, T., Moore, J., Pinglot, J. F., Vaikmäe, R., Van De Wal, R. S.W., Hagen, J. O., Ivask, J., Karlöf, L., Martma, T., Meijer, H. A.J., Mulvaney, R., Thomassen, M., Van Den Broeke, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/1/17/1; name=Geosciences; Barents Sea; Lomonosovfonna; Longyearbyen; Svalbard; ice core; Journal of Glaciology; Sea ice; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/72725874-cc67-4382-ae44-db159bc5ac2b; http://arcticcentre.ulapland.fi/docs/jmoore/isakssonJG2001.pdf

In 1997 a 121 m ice core was retrieved from Lomonosovfonna, the highest ice field in Spitsbergen, Svalbard (1250 m a.s.l.). Radar measurements indicate an ice depth of 126.5 m, and borehole temperature measurements show that the ice is below the melting point. High-resolution sampling of major ions,...