Sigl, Michael; McConnell, Joseph R; Chellman, Nathan J; Gabriel, Imogen (2025): Monthly records of non-sea-salt sulfur from the Summit2015 ice core in Greenland between 1530 and 1710 CE and inferred background and volcanic contributions [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.974949 (DOI registration in progress), In: Sigl, M et al. (2025): High time resolution records of sulfur and insoluble particle concentrations from five ice cores from Greenland and one from Antarctica between 1530 and 1710 CE and inferred volcanic contributions [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.974177 (DOI registration in progress)
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Published: 2025-03-21
Abstract:
We report monthly non-sea-salt sulfur concentrations from the Summit2015 ice core (Greenland) analyzed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS) and mass concentration records of insoluble particles (size range 5-10um) using an inline Abakus® laser particle counter at the Desert Research Institute. Details about the analytical procedures are provided in the references. From the monthly resolved non-sea-salt sulfur concentration record we infer a mean annual cycle of background sulfur concentrations using the median across the respective months in a volcanically quiescent time (1530-1580 CE) while omitting months influenced by smaller volcanic eruptions. We then subtract this mean background cycle from the total sulfur concentrations to derive volcanic sulfate concentrations (ng g-1) and volcanic sulfate depositions rates (kg km-2 month-1) at nominal monthly resolution. These records are used alongside ice-core crypto-tephra to characterize volcanic eruption sources and to disentangle individual volcanic sulfur depositions on the polar ice sheets arising from temporal clusters of volcanic eruptions such as in the 1590s, 1600s, 1640s, 1660s and 1690s CE.
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Abbott, Peter M; Plunkett, Gill; Corona, Christophe; Chellman, Nathan J; McConnell, Joseph R; Pilcher, John R; Stoffel, Markus; Sigl, Michael (2021): Cryptotephra from the Icelandic Veiðivötn 1477 CE eruption in a Greenland ice core: confirming the dating of volcanic events in the 1450s CE and assessing the eruption's climatic impact. Climate of the Past, 17(2), 565-585, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-565-2021
Faïn, Xavier; Rhodes, Rachael H; Place, Philip; Petrenko, Vasilii V; Fourteau, Kévin; Chellman, Nathan J; Crosier, Edward; McConnell, Joseph R; Brook, Edward J; Blunier, Thomas; Legrand, Michel; Chappellaz, Jérôme A (2022): Northern Hemisphere atmospheric history of carbon monoxide since preindustrial times reconstructed from multiple Greenland ice cores. Climate of the Past, 18(3), 631-647, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-631-2022
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Gabriel, Imogen; Plunkett, Gill; Abbott, Peter M; Behrens, Melanie; Burke, Andrea; Chellman, Nathan J; Cook, Eliza; Fleitmann, Dominik; Hörhold, Maria; Hutchison, William; McConnell, Joseph R; Óladóttir, Bergrún A; Preiser-Kapeller, Johannes; Sliwinski, Jakub T; Sugden, Patrick; Twarloh, Birthe; Sigl, Michael (2024): Decadal-to-centennial increases of volcanic aerosols from Iceland challenge the concept of a Medieval Quiet Period. Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), 194, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01350-6
Sigl, Michael; McConnell, Joseph R; Chellman, Nathan J; Hörhold, Maria; Behrens, Melanie; Twarloh, Birthe; Gabriel, Imogen (2025): Annual mean concentrations of (non-sea-salt) sulfur, non-sea salt chlorine, fluoride, insoluble particle concentrations from an array of 19 ice cores from Antarctica and seven ice cores from Greenland [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.974172
Sigl, Michael; McConnell, Joseph R; Layman, Lawrence; Maselli, Olivia J; McGwire, Ken; Pasteris, Daniel R; Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe; Steffensen, Jørgen Peder; Vinther, Bo Møllesøe; Edwards, Ross; Mulvaney, Robert; Kipfstuhl, Sepp (2013): A new bipolar ice core record of volcanism from WAIS Divide and NEEM and implications for climate forcing of the last 2000 years. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 118(3), 1151-1169, https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JD018603
Stoffel, Markus; Corona, Christophe; Ludlow, F; Sigl, Michael; Huhtamaa, Heli; Garnier, Emmanuel; Helama, Samuli; Guillet, Sébastien; Crampsie, Arlene; Kleemann, Katrin; Camenisch, Chantal; McConnell, Joseph R; Gao, Chaochao (2022): Climatic, weather, and socio-economic conditions corresponding to the mid-17th-century eruption cluster. Climate of the Past, 18(5), 1083-1108, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1083-2022
Funding:
European Research Council (ERC), grant/award no. 820047: Timing of Holocene volcanic eruptions and their radiative aerosol forcing (THERA)
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Latitude: 72.600000 * Longitude: -38.300000
Minimum Elevation: 3200.0 m * Maximum Elevation: 3200.0 m
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| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
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| 1 | AGE | Age | ka BP | Sigl, Michael | Geocode | |
| 2 | Age | Age | a AD/CE | Sigl, Michael | ||
| 3 | Sulfur, non-sea-salt | nssS | µg/kg | Sigl, Michael | ||
| 4 | Sulfur, non-sea-salt, background | nssS bkg | µg/kg | Sigl, Michael | ||
| 5 | Sulfur, volcanic | S volc | µg/kg | Sigl, Michael | ||
| 6 | Deposition of sulfate, volcanic | Volc [SO4]2- depos | kg/km2/month | Sigl, Michael | ||
| 7 | Insoluble particles | Insol part | mg/kg | Sigl, Michael | [5-10 μm] |
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