Levoglucosan as a specific marker of fire events in Greenland snow
International audience We demonstrate the use of levoglucosan (1,6-anhydro-β-d-glucopyranose) as a source-specific proxy of past fire activity in snow pits and ice cores. Levoglucosan is unambiguously a degradation product derived from cellulose burning at temperatures greater than 300 °C and is wid...
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International audience We demonstrate the use of levoglucosan (1,6-anhydro-β-d-glucopyranose) as a source-specific proxy of past fire activity in snow pits and ice cores. Levoglucosan is unambiguously a degradation product derived from cellulose burning at temperatures greater than 300 °C and is widely used as a biomass burning marker in aerosol analyses. We analyse samples collected from a 3 m snow pit at Summit, Greenland (72°20′N, 38°45′W; 3270 m a.s.l.), with a known depositional history where biomass burning aerosols were traced from their source in a Canadian smoke plume, through their eastward transport and deposition on the Greenland ice sheet, and their eventual burial by accumulating snow layers. The snow pit levoglucosan profile replicates oxalate concentrations from a known forest fire event, suggesting the applicability of levoglucosan as a marker of past fire activity in snow and by extension in ice cores. However, levoglucosan concentration peaks in the snow pit differ from those of ammonium and potassium, which are traditionally used as biomass burning proxies in snow and ice studies but which incorporate sources other than fire activity. The source specificity of levoglucosan can help determine the past relative contribution of biomass burning aerosols when used in conjunction with other proxies in snow and ice. |
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Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics Venezia University of Ca’ Foscari Venice, Italy Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes-National Research Council School of Earth Sciences Ohio State University Columbus (OSU) Byrd Polar Research Center Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement (LGGE) Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG) Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 - UFR Physique, Ingénierie, Terre, Environnement, Mécanique (UJF UFR PhiTEM) Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF) Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, ''Centro Beniamino Segre'' Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, ''Centro Beniamino Segre'', PIIF-GA-2009-236961 PaleoFire |
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Levoglucosan as a specific marker of fire events in Greenland snow |
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Levoglucosan as a specific marker of fire events in Greenland snow |
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Levoglucosan as a specific marker of fire events in Greenland snow |
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Levoglucosan as a specific marker of fire events in Greenland snow |
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ftunigrenoble:oai:HAL:insu-00845304v1 2024-05-12T08:04:22+00:00 Levoglucosan as a specific marker of fire events in Greenland snow Kehrwald, Natalie Zangrando, Roberta Gabrielli, Paolo Jaffrezo, Jean-Luc Boutron, Claude Barbante, Carlo Gambaro, Andrea Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics Venezia University of Ca’ Foscari Venice, Italy Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes-National Research Council School of Earth Sciences Ohio State University Columbus (OSU) Byrd Polar Research Center Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement (LGGE) Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG) Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 - UFR Physique, Ingénierie, Terre, Environnement, Mécanique (UJF UFR PhiTEM) Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF) Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, ''Centro Beniamino Segre'' Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, ''Centro Beniamino Segre'', PIIF-GA-2009-236961 PaleoFire 2012-05-03 https://insu.hal.science/insu-00845304 https://insu.hal.science/insu-00845304/document https://insu.hal.science/insu-00845304/file/18196-60949-1-PB.pdf https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.18196 en eng HAL CCSD Taylor & Francis info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.18196 insu-00845304 https://insu.hal.science/insu-00845304 https://insu.hal.science/insu-00845304/document https://insu.hal.science/insu-00845304/file/18196-60949-1-PB.pdf doi:10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.18196 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0280-6509 EISSN: 1600-0889 Tellus B - Chemical and Physical Meteorology https://insu.hal.science/insu-00845304 Tellus B - Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 2012, 64, pp.18196. ⟨10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.18196⟩ biomass burning levoglucosan snow ice core Greenland [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2012 ftunigrenoble https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.18196 2024-04-18T02:14:38Z International audience We demonstrate the use of levoglucosan (1,6-anhydro-β-d-glucopyranose) as a source-specific proxy of past fire activity in snow pits and ice cores. Levoglucosan is unambiguously a degradation product derived from cellulose burning at temperatures greater than 300 °C and is widely used as a biomass burning marker in aerosol analyses. We analyse samples collected from a 3 m snow pit at Summit, Greenland (72°20′N, 38°45′W; 3270 m a.s.l.), with a known depositional history where biomass burning aerosols were traced from their source in a Canadian smoke plume, through their eastward transport and deposition on the Greenland ice sheet, and their eventual burial by accumulating snow layers. The snow pit levoglucosan profile replicates oxalate concentrations from a known forest fire event, suggesting the applicability of levoglucosan as a marker of past fire activity in snow and by extension in ice cores. However, levoglucosan concentration peaks in the snow pit differ from those of ammonium and potassium, which are traditionally used as biomass burning proxies in snow and ice studies but which incorporate sources other than fire activity. The source specificity of levoglucosan can help determine the past relative contribution of biomass burning aerosols when used in conjunction with other proxies in snow and ice. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland ice core Ice Sheet Université Grenoble Alpes: HAL Greenland Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology 64 1 18196 |