Towards orbital dating of the EPICA Dome C ice core using δO2/N2

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: Landais, A., Dreyfus, G., Capron, E., Pol, K., Loutre, Marie-France, Raynaud, D., Lipenkov, V. Y., Arnaud, L., Masson-Delmotte, V., Paillard, D., Jouzel, J., Leuenberger, M.
• Other Authors: CEA-CNRS-UVSQ)UMR8212, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France - Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace/Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus GmbH 2012
• Subjects: CECI; CISM; 1443; Dome Fuji; EPICA; ice core
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/106825; https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-191-2012

Based on a composite of several measurement series performed on ice samples stored at −25°C or −50°C, we present and discuss the first δO2/N2 record of trapped air from the EPICA Dome C (EDC) ice core covering the period between 300 and 800 ka (thousands of years before present). The samples...