Using high-resolution tritium profiles to quantify the effects of melt on two Spitsbergen ice cores

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Wel, L.G. van der, Streurman, H.J., Isaksson, E., Helsen, M.M., Wal, R.S.W. van de, Martma, T., Pohjola, V.A., Moore, J.C., Meijer, H.A.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: ISOTOPE RECORDS; CLIMATE; LOMONOSOVFONNA; SVALBARD; WATER; RECONSTRUCTION; GLACIERS; SIGNALS; ISLAND; CAP; Antarc*; Antarctica; Greenland; ice core; Journal of Glaciology; Svalbard; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/eb040359-e3e2-4ce7-ac31-7adc12b6e3ef; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/eb040359-e3e2-4ce7-ac31-7adc12b6e3ef; https://doi.org/10.3189/002214311798843368

Ice cores from small ice caps provide valuable climatic information, additional to that of Greenland and Antarctica. However, their integrity is usually compromised by summer meltwater percolation. To determine to what extent this can affect such ice cores, we performed high-resolution tritium measu...