Möller, Lars; Sowers, Todd A; Bock, Michael; Spahni, Renato; Behrens, Melanie; Schmitt, Jochen; Miller, Heinz; Fischer, Hubertus (2013): Vostok carbon isotopic data of atmospheric methane [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.812115, In supplement to: Möller, L et al. (2013): Independent variations of CH4 emissions and isotopic composition over the past 160,000 years. Nature Geoscience, 6, 885-890, https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1922
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Related to:
Chappellaz, Jérôme A; Barnola, Jean-Marc; Raynaud, Dominique; Korotkevich, Yevgeniy S; Lorius, C (1990): Ice-core record of atmospheric methane over the past 160,000 years. Nature, 345(6271), 127-131, https://doi.org/10.1038/345127a0
Lemieux-Dudon, Bénédicte; Blayo, Eric; Waelbroeck, Claire; Svensson, Anders M; Ritz, Catherine; Barnola, Jean-Marc; Narcisi, Biancamaria; Parrenin, Frédéric (2010): Consistent dating for Antarctic and Greenland ice cores. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29(1-2), 8-20, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.11.010
Lüthi, Dieter; Le Floch, Martine; Bereiter, Bernhard; Blunier, Thomas; Barnola, Jean-Marc; Siegenthaler, Urs; Raynaud, Dominique; Jouzel, Jean; Fischer, Hubertus; Kawamura, Kenji; Stocker, Thomas F (2008): High-resolution carbon dioxide concentration record 650,000 - 800,000 years before present. Nature, 453, 379-382, https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06949
Schmitt, Jochen; Seth, Barbara; Bock, Michael; van der Veen, Carina; Möller, Lars; Sapart, Célia-Julia; Prokopiou, M; Sowers, Todd A; Röckmann, Thomas; Fischer, Hubertus (2013): On the interference of 86Kr2+ during carbon isotope analysis of atmospheric methane using continuous flow combustion – isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Disscusions, 6(1), 1409-1460, https://doi.org/10.5194/amtd-6-1409-2013
Project(s):
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
Coverage:
Latitude: -78.464420 * Longitude: 106.837320
Date/Time Start: 1980-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1980-01-01T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, ice/snow: 800.0 m * Maximum DEPTH, ice/snow: 2250.0 m
Event(s):
Vostok * Latitude: -78.464420 * Longitude: 106.837320 * Date/Time: 1980-01-01T00:00:00 * Elevation: 3488.0 m * Recovery: 2755 m * Location: Antarctica * Campaign: Ice_core_diverse * Basis: Sampling/drilling ice * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: annual pressure 624 mbar; mean annual temperature -55.5°C; snow accumulation between 2.2 and
22.5 g/cm**2/yr, about 250 ka
22.5 g/cm**2/yr, about 250 ka
Comment:
All d13CH4 values reported with respect to VPDB
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEPTH, ice/snow | Depth ice/snow | m | Geocode | ||
| 2 | Gas age | Gas age | ka BP | Sowers, Todd A | EDC3, interpolated from data in Lüthi et al. 2008, doi:10.1038/nature06949 | |
| 3 | Gas age | Gas age | ka BP | Möller, Lars | EDC3, corrected by manual methane synchronization in between 83.6 kyr BP and 128.9 kyr BP | |
| 4 | Gas age | Gas age | ka BP | Möller, Lars | Unified gas age, interpolated back from EDC3 gas age (column 2) to EDC depth, then to the Antarctic unified age scale (see Lemieux-Dudon et al. 2010, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.11.010) | |
| 5 | Gas age | Gas age | ka BP | Möller, Lars | Unified gas age, same as column 4, but with corrected EDC3 gas ages (column 3) | |
| 6 | δ13C | δ13C | ‰ PDB | Möller, Lars | deviations due to mass spectrometer interference with atmospheric krypton (see Schmitt et al. 2013, doi:10.5194/amtd-6-1409-2013) interpolated from Vostok [CH4] data (see Chappellaz et al.,1990 doi:10.1038/345127a0) | |
| 7 | δ13C, methane | δ13C CH4 | ‰ PDB | Sowers, Todd A | VPDB, values corrected for gravitational settling in the firn column | |
| 8 | δ13C, methane | δ13C CH4 | ‰ PDB | Möller, Lars | VPDB, values (column 7) corrected for interpolated Kr deviation (column 6) | |
| 9 | δ13C, methane | δ13C CH4 | ‰ PDB | Möller, Lars | VPDB, values (column 8) corrected for an inter-laboratory offset AWI-PSU of 0.14 per mil |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
552 data points
Data
| 1 Depth ice/snow [m] | 2 Gas age [ka BP] (EDC3, interpolated from data ...) | 3 Gas age [ka BP] (EDC3, corrected by manual met...) | 4 Gas age [ka BP] (Unified gas age, interpolated...) | 5 Gas age [ka BP] (Unified gas age, same as colu...) | 6 δ13C [‰ PDB] (deviations due to mass spectr...) | 7 δ13C CH4 [‰ PDB] (VPDB, values corrected for gr...) | 8 δ13C CH4 [‰ PDB] (VPDB, values (column 7) corre...) | 9 δ13C CH4 [‰ PDB] (VPDB, values (column 8) corre...) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 800.0 | 49.6900 | 49.6900 | 48.8762 | 48.8762 | 0.50 | -45.35 | -45.85 | -45.99 |
| 825.0 | 51.6366 | 51.6366 | 50.7186 | 50.7186 | 0.50 | -46.88 | -47.38 | -47.52 |
| 851.0 | 53.5131 | 53.5131 | 52.6861 | 52.6861 | 0.49 | -45.68 | -46.17 | -46.31 |
| 877.0 | 55.3285 | 55.3285 | 54.4140 | 54.4140 | 0.47 | -45.46 | -45.93 | -46.07 |
| 901.0 | 57.0042 | 57.0042 | 56.1182 | 56.1182 | 0.51 | -45.67 | -46.18 | -46.32 |
| 923.0 | 58.4282 | 58.4282 | 57.5659 | 57.5659 | 0.57 | -45.07 | -45.64 | -45.78 |
| 944.0 | 59.9005 | 59.9005 | 58.9286 | 58.9286 | 0.59 | -44.29 | -44.88 | -45.02 |
| 965.0 | 61.3727 | 61.3727 | 60.3195 | 60.3195 | 0.59 | -44.67 | -45.26 | -45.40 |
| 988.0 | 63.0082 | 63.0082 | 61.8015 | 61.8015 | 0.59 | -44.11 | -44.70 | -44.84 |
| 1009.0 | 64.7484 | 64.7484 | 63.6298 | 63.6298 | 0.57 | -45.28 | -45.85 | -45.99 |
| 1033.0 | 66.7011 | 66.7011 | 65.7282 | 65.7282 | 0.57 | -44.19 | -44.76 | -44.90 |
| 1057.0 | 68.6264 | 68.6264 | 67.9786 | 67.9786 | 0.54 | -47.17 | -47.71 | -47.85 |
| 1081.0 | 70.5516 | 70.5516 | 70.4838 | 70.4838 | 0.56 | -47.67 | -48.23 | -48.37 |
| 1105.0 | 72.5813 | 72.5813 | 72.7216 | 72.7216 | 0.54 | -47.99 | -48.53 | -48.67 |
| 1160.0 | 76.9839 | 76.9839 | 77.6185 | 77.6185 | 0.56 | -47.84 | -48.40 | -48.54 |
| 1190.0 | 79.2278 | 79.2278 | 80.3239 | 80.3239 | 0.48 | -48.24 | -48.72 | -48.86 |
| 1219.0 | 81.2150 | 81.2150 | 82.5883 | 82.5883 | 0.43 | -46.87 | -47.30 | -47.44 |
| 1246.0 | 82.9807 | 82.9807 | 84.4401 | 84.4401 | 0.43 | -47.56 | -47.99 | -48.13 |
| 1271.0 | 84.7729 | 83.9215 | 86.0532 | 85.2938 | 0.50 | -47.10 | -47.60 | -47.74 |
| 1297.0 | 86.8580 | 85.7554 | 88.0548 | 86.9493 | 0.58 | -46.54 | -47.12 | -47.26 |
| 1324.0 | 89.1622 | 87.6598 | 90.5128 | 88.8503 | 0.56 | -46.19 | -46.75 | -46.89 |
| 1350.0 | 91.3303 | 89.4936 | 92.8179 | 90.8823 | 0.54 | -48.15 | -48.69 | -48.83 |
| 1377.0 | 93.5242 | 91.3980 | 95.1576 | 92.8868 | 0.58 | -48.35 | -48.93 | -49.07 |
| 1404.0 | 95.7890 | 93.3024 | 97.2998 | 94.9319 | 0.60 | -48.44 | -49.04 | -49.18 |
| 1433.0 | 98.2677 | 95.3479 | 99.6291 | 96.9255 | 0.54 | -48.36 | -48.90 | -49.04 |
| 1462.0 | 100.7357 | 98.3371 | 101.9149 | 99.6970 | 0.47 | -48.52 | -48.99 | -49.13 |
| 1512.0 | 103.8722 | 104.0424 | 104.7416 | 104.9084 | 0.43 | -48.03 | -48.46 | -48.60 |
| 1535.0 | 105.2172 | 106.6668 | 106.0863 | 107.4329 | 0.46 | -47.88 | -48.34 | -48.48 |
| 1558.0 | 106.5693 | 108.6074 | 107.3463 | 109.1070 | 0.54 | -48.55 | -49.09 | -49.23 |
| 1581.0 | 108.0171 | 110.5170 | 108.5816 | 111.1327 | 0.52 | -48.99 | -49.51 | -49.65 |
| 1606.0 | 110.7725 | 112.5926 | 111.4031 | 113.3879 | 0.54 | -50.31 | -50.85 | -50.99 |
| 1634.0 | 113.7865 | 114.9174 | 114.7270 | 115.9962 | 0.52 | -49.97 | -50.49 | -50.63 |
| 1663.2 | 116.0451 | 116.6071 | 117.2315 | 117.8410 | 0.48 | -49.57 | -50.05 | -50.19 |
| 1693.0 | 118.1306 | 118.2774 | 119.4035 | 119.5418 | 0.45 | -50.18 | -50.63 | -50.77 |
| 1725.0 | 120.2637 | 120.0710 | 121.4106 | 121.2235 | 0.44 | -50.17 | -50.61 | -50.75 |
| 1757.0 | 122.2696 | 121.8647 | 123.2326 | 122.8524 | 0.42 | -50.12 | -50.54 | -50.68 |
| 1767.4 | 122.9100 | 122.4476 | 123.7969 | 123.3914 | 0.42 | -50.03 | -50.45 | -50.59 |
| 1791.0 | 124.3161 | 123.7704 | 124.9852 | 124.5273 | 0.42 | -48.75 | -49.17 | -49.31 |
| 1826.5 | 126.3937 | 125.7602 | 126.8891 | 126.2648 | 0.40 | -48.59 | -48.99 | -49.13 |
| 1843.2 | 127.2046 | 126.6963 | 127.6836 | 127.1914 | 0.38 | -48.43 | -48.81 | -48.95 |
| 1849.1 | 127.4723 | 127.0270 | 127.9416 | 127.5202 | 0.38 | -48.13 | -48.51 | -48.65 |
| 1879.4 | 128.7453 | 128.7253 | 129.1595 | 129.1398 | 0.40 | -48.16 | -48.56 | -48.70 |
| 1895.2 | 129.3489 | 129.3489 | 129.7194 | 129.7194 | 0.46 | -46.96 | -47.42 | -47.56 |
| 1909.2 | 130.0786 | 130.0786 | 130.3755 | 130.3755 | 0.48 | -46.08 | -46.56 | -46.70 |
| 1912.2 | 130.2590 | 130.2590 | 130.5414 | 130.5414 | 0.48 | -47.14 | -47.62 | -47.76 |
| 1930.2 | 131.3416 | 131.3416 | 131.5082 | 131.5082 | 0.53 | -46.51 | -47.04 | -47.18 |
| 1945.2 | 132.3670 | 132.3670 | 132.4174 | 132.4174 | 0.56 | -45.41 | -45.97 | -46.11 |
| 1954.9 | 133.0978 | 133.0978 | 132.9861 | 132.9861 | 0.57 | -44.82 | -45.39 | -45.53 |
| 1978.2 | 134.7959 | 134.7959 | 134.1885 | 134.1885 | 0.68 | -43.95 | -44.63 | -44.77 |
| 1993.9 | 136.1864 | 136.1864 | 135.1939 | 135.1939 | 0.66 | -43.62 | -44.28 | -44.42 |
| 1996.2 | 136.3997 | 136.3997 | 135.3748 | 135.3748 | 0.65 | -44.35 | -45.00 | -45.14 |
| 2002.7 | 137.0021 | 137.0021 | 135.8943 | 135.8943 | 0.68 | -44.95 | -45.63 | -45.77 |
| 2017.8 | 138.4702 | 138.4702 | 137.2478 | 137.2478 | 0.77 | -45.05 | -45.82 | -45.96 |
| 2018.8 | 138.5721 | 138.5721 | 137.3439 | 137.3439 | 0.77 | -44.34 | -45.11 | -45.25 |
| 2033.8 | 140.1298 | 140.1298 | 138.7609 | 138.7609 | 0.75 | -44.81 | -45.56 | -45.70 |
| 2051.0 | 142.1431 | 142.1431 | 140.7147 | 140.7147 | 0.70 | -44.46 | -45.16 | -45.30 |
| 2084.0 | 146.1258 | 146.1258 | 144.6659 | 144.6659 | 0.69 | -45.90 | -46.59 | -46.73 |
| 2099.3 | 147.9215 | 147.9215 | 146.4285 | 146.4285 | 0.63 | -44.43 | -45.06 | -45.20 |
| 2113.3 | 149.5098 | 149.5098 | 147.9450 | 147.9450 | 0.61 | -44.72 | -45.33 | -45.47 |
| 2114.9 | 149.6781 | 149.6781 | 148.1002 | 148.1002 | 0.62 | -43.81 | -44.43 | -44.57 |
| 2129.2 | 151.2206 | 151.2206 | 149.5543 | 149.5543 | 0.62 | -43.27 | -43.89 | -44.03 |
| 2145.0 | 153.0636 | 153.0636 | 151.2028 | 151.2028 | 0.63 | -42.25 | -42.88 | -43.02 |
| 2162.3 | 155.1663 | 155.1663 | 153.1887 | 153.1887 | 0.63 | -43.07 | -43.70 | -43.84 |
| 2177.0 | 156.8393 | 156.8393 | 154.8964 | 154.8964 | 0.61 | -44.02 | -44.63 | -44.77 |
| 2191.0 | 158.3054 | 158.3054 | 156.5227 | 156.5227 | 0.64 | -43.57 | -44.21 | -44.35 |
| 2206.0 | 159.8278 | 159.8278 | 158.1934 | 158.1934 | 0.63 | -44.26 | -44.89 | -45.03 |
| 2220.0 | 161.1886 | 161.1886 | 159.3619 | 159.3619 | 0.61 | -44.44 | -45.05 | -45.19 |
| 2235.0 | 162.5735 | 162.5735 | 160.7696 | 160.7696 | 0.58 | -43.21 | -43.79 | -43.93 |
| 2250.0 | 164.0133 | 164.0133 | 162.1205 | 162.1205 | 0.55 | -44.67 | -45.22 | -45.36 |