Traufetter, Fidan; Fischer, Hubertus (2008): Age model of firn core DML05C98_32 (B32) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.686038, Supplement to: Traufetter, Fidan; Oerter, Hans; Fischer, Hubertus; Weller, Rolf; Miller, Heinz (2004): Spatio-temporal variability in volcanic sulphate deposition over the past 2 kyr in snow pits and firn cores from Amundsenisen, Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology, 50(168), 137-146, https://doi.org/10.3189/172756504781830222
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Abstract:
In the framework of the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA), a comprehensive glaciological pre-site survey has been carried out on Amundsenisen, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, in the past decade. Within this survey, four intermediate-depth ice cores and 13 snow pits were analyzed for their ionic composition and interpreted with respect to the spatial and temporal variability of volcanic sulphate deposition. The comparison of the non-sea-salt (nss)-sulphate peaks that are related to the well-known eruptions of Pinatubo and Cerro Hudson in AD 1991 revealed sulphate depositions of comparable size (15.8 ± 3.4 kg/km**2) in 11 snow pits. There is a tendency to higher annual concentrations for smaller snow-accumulation rates. The combination of seasonal sodium and annually resolved nss-sulphate records allowed the establishment of a time-scale derived by annual-layer counting over the last 2000 years and thus a detailed chronology of annual volcanic sulphate deposition. Using a robust outlier detection algorithm, 49 volcanic eruptions were identified between AD 165 and 1997. The dating uncertainty is ±3 years between AD 1997 and 1601, around ±5 years between AD 1601 and 1257, and increasing to ±24 years at AD 165, improving the accuracy of the volcanic chronology during the penultimate millennium considerably.
Related to:
Fischer, Hubertus; Traufetter, Fidan; Oerter, Hans; Weller, Rolf; Miller, Heinz (2004): Prevalence of the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave over the last two millenia recorded in Dronning Maud Land ice. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L08202, https://doi.org/10.1029/2003GL019186
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Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00077: European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica
Fourth Framework Programme (FP4), grant/award no. ENV4980702: European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 5472008: Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas
Coverage:
Latitude: -75.002333 * Longitude: 0.007000
Date/Time Start: 1997-12-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-12-25T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, ice/snow: 0.06 m * Maximum DEPTH, ice/snow: 148.76 m
Event(s):
DML05C98_32 (B32) * Latitude: -75.002333 * Longitude: 0.007000 * Date/Time: 1997-12-25T00:00:00 * Elevation Start: 2882.0 m * Elevation End: 2892.0 m * Recovery: 149.9 m * Location: Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica * Campaign: EPICA_DML3 * Basis: Neumayer Station (WMO89002) * Method/Device: Ice drill (ICEDRILL) * Comment: DML05
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEPTH, ice/snow | Depth ice/snow | m | Geocode | ||
| 2 | Age model | Age model | ka | Fischer, Hubertus | see comment | calculated from parameter year; 0 = 1950 |
| 3 | Age | Age | a AD/CE | Fischer, Hubertus | Age model, layer counting |
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