Variations de la teneur en CO2 de l'atmosphère au cours des 4 derniers cycles glaciaire-interglaciaires, à partir de l'analyse de la carotte de Vostok (Antarctique) : implications sur l'évolution du climat et du cycle du carbone
The 420 000-year climatic and atmospheric record represented by the Vostok ice core, gives a unique opportunity to reconstruct evolution of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) content for the last 4 glacial- interglacial cycles. The atmospheric significance of CO2 deduced from the Vostok core is discus...
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Format: | Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis |
Language: | French |
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HAL CCSD
2000
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Online Access: | https://theses.hal.science/tel-00701284 https://theses.hal.science/tel-00701284/document https://theses.hal.science/tel-00701284/file/These-Pepin-2000.pdf |
Summary: | The 420 000-year climatic and atmospheric record represented by the Vostok ice core, gives a unique opportunity to reconstruct evolution of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) content for the last 4 glacial- interglacial cycles. The atmospheric significance of CO2 deduced from the Vostok core is discussed taking into account physical processes likely to alter information and measurements of O2/N2 ratio developed in this work. We also compare Vostok CO2 record with ones from other Antarctic ice cores. We show that atmospheric CO2 content for the interglacial stages is 280-300 ppmv (part per million by volume), until anthropogenic disturbance, whereas CO2 concentration into the atmosphere is about 180 ppmv during glacials. These variations parallel those of Antarctic temperature, which have amplitude of about 10°C. Reasons of climatic changes are still poorly understood. By comparing variations of CO2 with regard to those of high North latitude temperatures, sea level and dust concentration in Vostok ice, this work points out the causality links between these parameters. Comparing Vostok with other climatic records (from the North or marine ones), we propose mechanisms able to explain glacial to interglacial changes of atmospheric CO2 content and able to link the events characterising climatic oscillations. This work stresses on the major role of the Southern Hemisphere and particularly that of sea-ice in Southern Ocean. Les 420 000 ans d'archives du climat et de la composition de l'atmosphère, constituées par la carotte de Vostok, offrent la possibilité unique de reconstruire l'évolution de la teneur en dioxyde de carbone (CO2) de l'atmosphère au cours des 4 derniers cycles glaciaireinterglaciaires. La représentativité atmosphérique de la teneur en CO2 de cette carotte est discutée en tenant compte des processus physiques susceptibles d'altérer l'information et de la mesure du rapport O2/N2 mise au point au cours de ce travail. La représentativité de l'enregistrement CO2 de Vostok est aussi discutée à partir de sa ... |
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