Trace elements in Vostok Antarctic ice during the last four climatic cycles

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Gabrielli, Paolo, Planchon, Frédéric, Hong, Sungmin, Lee, Khang Hyun, Hur, Soon Do, Barbante, Carlo, Ferrari, Christophe P., Petit, Jean-Robert, Lipenkov, Vladimir Y., Cescon, Paolo, Boutron, Claude F.
• 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), Environmental Sciences Department, University of Ca’ Foscari Venice, Italy, Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes-CNR, Korean Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI), Polytech Grenoble, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet), 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), Joint program involving Russia, France, USA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2005
• Subjects: Vostok; trace elements; ice; climate; [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctic; ice core
• Online Access: https://insu.hal.science/insu-00374326; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2005.03.001

International audience Li, V, Cr, Mn, Co, As, Rb, Sr, Ba, Bi and U were determined by inductively coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometry (ICP-SFMS) in various sections of the 3623 m Vostok deep Antarctic ice core dated from 4600 to 410,000 years BP, which corresponds to the last four climatic cycles back to isotopic stage 11.3. Concentrations of all elements were found to be highly variable with low values during interglacial periods and warm interstadials and much higher values during the coldest periods of the last four ice ages. Crustal enrichment factors suggest various sources for the different elements. Rock and soil dust is the dominant source of V, Mn, Rb, Ba and U whatever the period, and of Li, Cr, Co, Sr and As during cold periods. Sea salt aerosol, together with aeolian dust, also contributes significantly to Sr whereas volcanic emissions could provide a significant input for As and Bi especially during warm periods.