The ST22 chronology for the Skytrain Ice Rise ice core - Part 2 : An age model to the last interglacial and disturbed deep stratigraphy

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: Mulvaney, Robert, Wolff, Eric W., Grieman, Mackenzie M., Hoffmann, Helene H., Humby, Jack D., Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph, Rhodes, Rachael H., Rowell, Isobel F., Parrenin, Frédéric, Schmidely, Loïc, Fischer, Hubertus, Stocker, Thomas F., Christl, Marcus, Muscheler, Raimund, Landais, Amaelle, Prié, Frédéric
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus GmbH 2023
• Subjects: Climate Research; Ronne Ice Shelf; Skytrain Ice Rise; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/59a39a59-1eb8-4f16-9f9a-a8ca52132889; https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-851-2023

We present an age model for the 651g€¯m deep ice core from Skytrain Ice Rise, situated inland of the Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica. The top 2000 years have previously been dated using age markers interpolated through annual layer counting. Below this, we align the Skytrain core to the AICC2012 age model using tie points in the ice and air phase, and we apply the Paleochrono program to obtain the best fit to the tie points and glaciological constraints. In the gas phase, ties are made using methane and, in critical sections, δ18Oair; in the ice phase ties are through 10Be across the Laschamps event and through ice chemistry related to long-range dust transport and deposition. This strategy provides a good outcome to about 108g€¯ka (g1/4g€¯605g€¯m). Beyond that there are signs of flow disturbance, with a section of ice probably repeated. Nonetheless values of CH4 and δ18Oair confirm that part of the last interglacial (LIG), from about 117-126g€¯ka (617-627g€¯m), is present and in chronological order. Below this there are clear signs of stratigraphic disturbance, with rapid oscillation of values in both the ice and gas phase at the base of the LIG section, below 628g€¯m. Based on methane values, the warmest part of the LIG and the coldest part of the penultimate glacial are missing from our record. Ice below 631g€¯m appears to be of ageg€¯>g€¯150g€¯ka.