Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution Project (RICE): A 65 Kyr ice core record of black carbon aerosol deposition to the Ross Ice Shelf, West Antarctica

• Main Authors: Edwards, R, Bertler, N, Tuohoy, A, Neff, P, Proemse, B, Feitang, W, Goodwin, I, Hogan, C
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: - 2015
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Atmospheric sciences; Atmospheric aerosols; Antarctic; Austral; West Antarctica; Ross Ice Shelf; Roosevelt Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://ecite.utas.edu.au/102576

Emitted by fires, black carbon aerosols (rBC) perturb the atmosphere's physical and chemical properties and areclimatically active. Sedimentary charcoal and other paleo-fire records suggest that rBC emissions have variedsignificantly in the past due to human activity and climate variability. Ho...