Title: The Young Island Ice Core - Climate Information of a Melty Archive
Abstract:<p>Climate data from the sub-Antarctic region are extremely sparse, with few records available beyond the instrumental period. Here, we investigate the suitability of the first-ever ice ...<p>Climate data from the sub-Antarctic region are extremely sparse, with few records available beyond the instrumental period. Here, we investigate the suitability of the first-ever ice core collected from Young Island, in the NW Ross Sea, to capture changes in climate. Despite the presence of surface melt at this maritime location, our findings indicate that stable water isotope and trace element records can still hold potential for paleoclimate reconstruction. We apply two multi-proxy dating approaches based on winter and summer signatures, develop an ice core chronology, and contextualize our findings using a local automatic weather station and reanalysis data. Subsequently, we draw first conclusions about the surface conditions at Young Island and discuss the site’s potential for future studies aimed at paleoclimate reconstruction and resolving the effects of surface melt on proxy records.</p>Read More
Publication Year: 2021
Publication Date: 2021-03-04
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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