Data assimilation for the dating of Greenland and Antarctic deep ice cores.

We are hereby presenting a new dating method based on inverse techniques, which aims at calculatingconsistent gas and ice chronologies for several ice cores. The proposed method yields new datingscenarios simultaneously for several cores by making a compromise between the chronological infor-mation...

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Main Author: Lemieux-Dudon, Bénédicte
Other Authors: Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement (LGGE), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grenoble 1 UJF - Université Joseph Fourier, Dominique Raynaud
Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
Language:French
Published: HAL CCSD 2009
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Summary:We are hereby presenting a new dating method based on inverse techniques, which aims at calculatingconsistent gas and ice chronologies for several ice cores. The proposed method yields new datingscenarios simultaneously for several cores by making a compromise between the chronological infor-mation brought by glaciological modeling (i.e., ice flow model, firn densification model, accumulation ratemodel), and by gas and ice stratigraphic constraints. This method enables us to gather widespreadchronological information and to use regional or global markers (i.e., methane, volcanic sulfate, Beryllium-10, tephra layers, etc.) to link the core chronologies stratigraphically. Confidence intervals of the newdating scenarios can be calculated thanks to the probabilistic formulation of the new method, which takesinto account both modeling and data uncertainties. We apply this method simultaneously to oneGreenland (NGRIP) and three Antarctic (EPICA Dome C, EPICA Dronning Maud Land, and Vostok) icescores, and refine existent chronologies. Our results show that consistent ice and gas chronologies can bederived for depth intervals that are well-constrained by relevant glaciological data. In particular, wepropose new and consistent dating of the last deglaciation for Greenland and Antarctic ice and gas records. Les relations de phase entre augmentation de la concentration des gaz à effet de serreet augmentation de la température constitue un en jeu sociétal. Pour affiner notre compré-hension des mécanismes climatiques sur la Terre, une datation précise des enregistrementsclimatiques du passé (carotte de glace, carotte de sédiments marins, spéléothèmes) est in-dispensable. En échelle relative, les datations permettent d’évaluer les relations de phasedes variations climatiques en différents points du globe. En échelle absolue, les liens entrechangements de l’orbite terrestre et réponse climatique peuvent être étudiés. Les carottes deglace d’Antarctique et du Groenland constituent des archives uniques à l’échelle des ...