From precipitation to ice core: On the importance of surface processes for stable water-isotope records in East Antarctica

• Published in: Past Global Changes Magazine
• Main Authors: Inés Ollivier, Hans Christian Steen-Larsen, Mathieu Casado, Barbara Stenni, Amaelle Landais
• Other Authors: Ollivier, Iné, Christian Steen-Larsen, Han, Casado, Mathieu, Stenni, Barbara, Landais, Amaelle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Settore GEO/08 - Geochimica e Vulcanologia; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10278/5045947; https://doi.org/10.22498/pages.31.2.62; https://pastglobalchanges.org/publications/pages-magazines/pages-magazine/137419

Stable water-isotope records from Antarctic ice cores allow the reconstruction of past temperature variability. However, accurate interpretation of the isotopic signal requires comprehensive understanding of the processes leading to its archiving in snow and ice, which can be documented by in situ measurements.