Orbital and millennial Antarctic climate variability over the past 800,000 years

A high-resolution deuterium profile is now available along the entire European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica Dome C ice core, extending this climate record back to marine isotope stage 20.2, ~800,000 years ago. Experiments performed with an atmospheric general circulation model including wate...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Jouzel J., Masson Delmotte V., Cattani O., Dreyfus G., Falourd S., Hoffmann G., Minster B., Nouet J., Barnola J. M., Chappellaz J., Fisher H., Gallet J. C., Johnsen S., Leuenberger M., Loulergue L., Luethi D., Oerter H., Parrenin F., Raisbeck G., Raynaud D., Schilt A., Schwander J., Selmo E., Souchez R., Spahni R., Stauffer B., Steffensen J. P., STENNI, Barbara, Stocker T. F., Tison J. L., Werner M., Wolff E. W.
Other Authors: Jouzel, J., Masson Delmotte, V., Cattani, O., Dreyfus, G., Falourd, S., Hoffmann, G., Minster, B., Nouet, J., Barnola, J. M., Chappellaz, J., Fisher, H., Gallet, J. C., Johnsen, S., Leuenberger, M., Loulergue, L., Luethi, D., Oerter, H., Parrenin, F., Raisbeck, G., Raynaud, D., Schilt, A., Schwander, J., Selmo, E., Souchez, R., Spahni, R., Stauffer, B., Steffensen, J. P., Stenni, Barbara, Stocker, T. F., Tison, J. L., Werner, M., Wolff, E. W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Settore GEO/08 - Geochimica e Vulcanologia
Antarctic
Greenland
Antarc*
Antarctica
Dansgaard-Oeschger events
EPICA
ice core
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10278/3536188
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1141038
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Summary:A high-resolution deuterium profile is now available along the entire European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica Dome C ice core, extending this climate record back to marine isotope stage 20.2, ~800,000 years ago. Experiments performed with an atmospheric general circulation model including water isotopes support its temperature interpretation. We assessed the general correspondence between Dansgaard-Oeschger events and their smoothed Antarctic counterparts for this Dome C record, which reveals the presence of such features with similar amplitudes during previous glacial periods. We suggest that the interplay between obliquity and precession accounts for the variable intensity of interglacial periods in ice core records. Northern and Southern hemisphere, methane, ice cores, Greenland, Antarctica, EPICA, Dansgaard–Oeschger events, Atlantic meridional overturning circulation.

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