Record of δ$^{18}$O and $^{17}$O-excess in ice from Vostok Antarctica during the last 150,000 years
International audience We measured δ$^{17}$O and $^{18}$O in recent Antarctic snow and down the Vostok ice core and calculated the excess of $^{17}$O with respect to VSMOW. The magnitude of the $^{17}$O excess in the Holocene and the last interglacial is ~45 per meg, and it remains constant in a tra...
Published in: | Geophysical Research Letters |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2008
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Online Access: | https://hal.science/hal-03193005 https://hal.science/hal-03193005/document https://hal.science/hal-03193005/file/2007GL032096.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL032096 |
Summary: | International audience We measured δ$^{17}$O and $^{18}$O in recent Antarctic snow and down the Vostok ice core and calculated the excess of $^{17}$O with respect to VSMOW. The magnitude of the $^{17}$O excess in the Holocene and the last interglacial is ~45 per meg, and it remains constant in a transect from the coast to the continental interior. Analysis of the transect data shows that the $^{17}$O-excess is not sensitive to temperature variations over the continent. There are significant shifts in $^{17}$O-excess from low values in glacial to high values in interglacial times. The observed shifts suggest higher normalized relative humidity and/or wind speeds over the source oceanic regions in glacial times. |
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