Datation glaciologique des forages profonds en Antarctique et modélisation conceptuelle des paléoclimats : implications pour la théorie astronomique des paléoclimats.

• Main Author: Parrenin, Frédéric
• Other Authors: 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 I, Jean Jouzel, Dominique Raynaud
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2002
• Subjects: paleoclimates; deep drillings; chronology; inverse method; conceptual models; Milankovitch; phasing; paléoclimats; forages profonds; datation; méthode inverse; modèles conceptuels; déphasages; [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology; [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Antarctic; Devils Hole; Dome F; Antarc*; Antarctique*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://theses.hal.science/tel-00701456; https://theses.hal.science/tel-00701456/document; https://theses.hal.science/tel-00701456/file/These-Parrenin-2002.pdf

The aim of this study is to bring new elements concerning the astronomical theory of paleoclimates using two tools : glaciological dating of polar ice cores using an inverse method and conceptual models of paleoclimate. We show how an inverse method applied to the glaciological dating model enables us to obtain an optimal chronology and to analyse its uncertainties. It is not possible to obtain a chronology for Vostok that satisfies all chronological constraints, probably because of our poor knowledge of the conditions along the ice flow line, upstream of Vostok. The chronologies for Dome C and Dome F are coherent with the constraints, meaning that the simple glaciological model used in the case of a dome is adequate. The Dome F case allows us to show that the Devils Hole record is probably biased by local conditions, and suggest that the phase relationship between insolation and Antarctic temperature is roughly constant. We also confirm that thinning is more important in the upper part of the ice sheet for a dome than for the rest of the flow line. Moreover, we suggest that estimates of the accumulation during glacial periods based on saturation vapour pressure and spatial isotope−surface temperature relationships are overestimated by ~30%. The conceptual model we developed yields a description of the sea level variations during the Quaternary as a response to the insolation forcing. We show that sea level variations can be explained with a conceptual model forced by insolation changes. In particular, we justify why the most important sea level transitions occurred when insolation changes were the weakest. Moreover, we show that small insolation−climate phase variations during deglaciations are compatibles with the astronomical theory of paleoclimate. L'objectif de cette thèse est d'apporter des éléments nouveaux concernant la théorie astronomique des paléoclimats au travers de deux outils : la datation glaciologique des forages polaires grâce à une méthode inverse et les modèles conceptuels de climat. ...