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Sigl, Michael; McConnell, Joseph R (2021): WAIS Divide Ice-Core Volcanic Sulfate from 12.68 to 13.20 ka BP [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930520

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Abstract:
Annual volcanic sulfate mass deposition rates from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core project for the time period 12.68-13.20 ka BP on the annual-layer counted WD2014 chronology and transfered to the Greenland GICC05 chronology using common volcanic markers. The reconstruction is based on sulfur measurements employing high-resolution continuous flow analysis coupled to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry performed at the Desert Research Institute (Reno, NV, USA). Volcanic eruptions are detected when annual sulfur concentrations exceeded the background concentrations + 2 times the median of the absolute deviation. Background concentrations are estimated using a 101-year running median. Volcanic sulfate deposition rates are calculated by subtracting the background concentrations from total sulfate concentrations using thinning corrected estimates of mean accumulation rates at the ice-core site.
Keyword(s):
Antarctica; Greenland; Ice core; Laacher See Eruption; sulfate; Sulfur; volcanic eruptions; volcanism; Younger Dryas
Supplement to:
Reinig, Frederick; Wacker, Lukas; Jöris, Olaf; Oppenheimer, Clive; Guidobaldi, Giulia; Nievergelt, Daniel; Adolphi, Florian; Cherubini, Paolo; Engels, Stefan; Esper, Jan; Land, Alexander; Lane, Christine S; Pfanz, Hardy; Remmele, Sabine; Sigl, Michael; Sookdeo, Adam; Büntgen, Ulf (2021): Precise date for the Laacher See eruption synchronizes the Younger Dryas. Nature, 595, 66-69, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03608-x
Related to:
Buizert, Christo; Sigl, Michael; Severi, Mirko; Markle, Bradley R; Wettstein, Justin J; McConnell, Joseph R; Pedro, Joel B; Sodemann, Harald; Goto-Azuma, Kumiko; Kawamura, Kenji; Fujita, Shuji; Motoyama, Hideaki; Hirabayashi, Motohiro; Uemura, Ryu; Stenni, Barbara; Parrenin, Frédéric; He, Feng; Fudge, Tyler J; Steig, Eric J (2018): Abrupt ice-age shifts in southern westerly winds and Antarctic climate forced from the north. Nature, 563(7733), 681-685, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0727-5
McConnell, Joseph R (2017): WAIS Divide Ice-Core Aerosol Records from 1300 to 3404 m. U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Data Center, https://doi.org/10.15784/601008
McConnell, Joseph R; Burke, Andrea; Dunbar, Nelia W; Köhler, Peter; Thomas, Jennie L; Arienzo, Monica M; Chellman, Nathan J; Maselli, Olivia J; Sigl, Michael; Adkins, Jess F; Baggenstos, Daniel; Burkhart, John F; Brook, Edward J; Buizert, Christo; Cole-Dai, Jihong; Fudge, Tyler J; Knorr, Gregor; Graf, Hans-Friedrich; Grieman, Mackenzie M; Iverson, Nels; McGwire, Kenneth C; Mulvaney, Robert; Paris, Guillaume; Rhodes, Rachael H; Saltzman, Eric S; Severinghaus, Jeffrey P; Steffensen, Jørgen Peder; Taylor, Kendrick C; Winckler, Gisela (2017): Synchronous volcanic eruptions and abrupt climate change ∼17.7 ka plausibly linked by stratospheric ozone depletion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(38), 10035-10040, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705595114
Sigl, Michael; Fudge, Tyler J; Winstrup, Mai; Cole-Dai, Jihong; Ferris, David G; McConnell, Joseph R; Taylor, Kendrick C; Welten, Kees C; Woodruff, Thomas E; Adolphi, Florian; Bisiaux, Marion M; Brook, Edward J; Buizert, Christo; Caffee, Marc W; Dunbar, Nelia W; Edwards, Ross L; Geng, Lei; Iverson, Nels; Koffman, Bess G; Layman, Lawrence; Maselli, Olivia J; McGwire, Kenneth C; Muscheler, Raimund; Nishiizumi, Kunihiko; Pasteris, Daniel R; Rhodes, Rachael H; Sowers, Todd A (2016): The WAIS Divide deep ice core WD2014 chronology – Part 2: Annual-layer counting (0–31 ka BP). Climate of the Past, 12(3), 769-786, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-769-2016
Funding:
European Research Council (ERC), grant/award no. 820047: Timing of Holocene volcanic eruptions and their radiative aerosol forcing (THERA)
Coverage:
Latitude: -79.480000 * Longitude: -112.110000
Minimum DEPTH, ice/snow: 2067.58 m * Maximum DEPTH, ice/snow: 2117.25 m
Event(s):
WD2014 (WDC-06A, WAIS Divide) * Latitude: -79.480000 * Longitude: -112.110000 * Location: Antarctica, west * Method/Device: Ice drill (ICEDRILL)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1AGEAgeka BPSigl, MichaelGeocode – WD2014
2AGEAgeka BPSigl, MichaelGeocode – GICC05
3DEPTH, ice/snowDepth ice/snowmSigl, MichaelGeocode – WD
4SulfurSng/gSigl, Michael
5Deposition of sulfate, volcanicVolc [SO4]2- deposkg/km2/aSigl, Michael
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
1042 data points

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