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Sigl, Michael; McConnell, Joseph R; Chellman, Nathan J; Gabriel, Imogen (2025): High-resolution records of sulfur and insoluble particle concentrations from the Summit2023 ice core in Greenland between 1666 and 1670 CE and inferred volcanic contributions [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.974950 (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

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Abstract:
We report high resolution (2.5 cm depth) sulfur concentrations from the Summit2023 ice core in Greenland analyzed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS) and mass concentrations of insoluble particles (5-10um size) using an inline Abakus® laser particle counter at the Desert Research Institute. Details about the analytical procedures are provided in the references. We subtract represenative background values from the total sulfur concentrations to derive volcanic sulfate concentrations (ng g-1). 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 sheet arising from temporal clusters of volcanic eruptions in the 1660s CE.
Keyword(s):
Antarctica; Cryptotephra; Greenland; Ice core; Long Island; particle mass concentration; sulfate; sulfate aerosol; Sulfur; Tarumae; Tephra; volcanic forcing
Related to:
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
Gabriel, Imogen; et al. (submitted): Constraining the timing and climate forcing of the Long Island (Papua New Guinea) and Tarumae (Japan) eruptions and other 17th century volcanic eruptions.
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)
Coverage:
Latitude: 72.600000 * Longitude: -38.300000
Minimum DEPTH, ice/snow: 108.0025 m * Maximum DEPTH, ice/snow: 108.8775 m
Event(s):
Summit2023 * Latitude: 72.600000 * Longitude: -38.300000 * Elevation: 3208.0 m * Method/Device: Ice drill (ICEDRILL)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1AGEAgeka BPSigl, MichaelGeocode
2AgeAgea AD/CESigl, Michael
3DEPTH, ice/snowDepth ice/snowmSigl, MichaelGeocode
4SulfurSµg/kgSigl, Michael
5Sulfur, volcanicS volcµg/kgSigl, Michael
6Insoluble particlesInsol partmg/kgSigl, Michael[5-10 μm]
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
144 data points

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