Dronning Maud Land
Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, Ice Core, 1991 and 1992, Version 1
Major ion concentration values (Na, Mg, Ca, Cl, NO3, SO4, MSA) were
analyzed from a 20-meter ice core drilled in Dronning Maud Land,
Antarctica (location - 65° 01'E, 75° 00' S, elevation - 2,900 m
a.s.l.). Major ion analysis was done by ion chromatography.
Dominion Range
Dominion Range site (166 ° 10'E, 85° 15S, 2700 m a.s.l.) major ions and stable water isotopes data
ORIGINATOR (CONTRIBUTORS):
Paul A. Mayewski and Sallie Whitlow
CITATION INFORMATION (REFERENCES):
Mayewski, P.A. et al., 1995, An Ice-core based, late Holocene history for the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. Contributions to Antarctic Research IV, Antarctic Res. Series, 67, 33-45.
Mayewski, P.A. and M.R. Legrand, 1990, Recent increase in nitrate concentration of Antarctic snow, Nature, 346, 258-260.
Mayewski, P.A., M.S. Twickler, W. B. Lyons, M.J. Spencer, D.A. Meese, A J. Gow, P. Grootes, T. Sowers, M.S. Watson, and E. Saltzman, 1990, The Dominion Range ice core, Queen Maud Mountains, Antarctica-General site and core characteristics with implications, J. Glaciol., 36, 11-16.
Mayewski, P.A., W.B. Lyons, M.J. Spencer, M.S. Twickler, P.M. Grootes and M. Stuiver, 1988, A climatic record using an ice core from the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica (abstract), Annals of Glaciol., 10.
Mayewski, P.A., Lyons, W.B., Spencer, M.J., Twickler, M.S., Grootes, P., and Stuiver, M., 1988, A climatic record using an ice core from the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica, Annals of Glaciology 10: 211.
Taylor Dome
Taylor Dome (77.78° S, 158.72° W, 2365 m a.s.l.) ice core major ions data.
ORIGINATOR (CONTRIBUTORS): Mayewski, P.A.; Steig, E.J.; Waddington, E.D.; Saltzman, E.S.; Whung, P.-Y.; Taylor, K.C.; Twickler, M.S.; Whitlow, S.I.; Meeker, L.D.; Yang, Q.; Thomas, J.; Kreutz, K.; Grootes, P.M.; Morse, D.L
CITATION INFORMATION (ORIGINAL REFERENCE): Mayewski, P.A., M.S. Twickler, S.I. Whitlow, L.D. Meeker, Q. Yang, J. Thomas, K. Kreutz, P.M. Grootes, D.L Morse, E.J. Steig, E.D. Waddington, E.S. Saltzman, P.-Y. Whung, and K.C. Taylor. 1996. Climate change during the last deglaciation in Antarctica. Science 272:1636-1638.
ONLINE RESOURCE (When Citing Data): https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/2414
Siple Dome
Several ice cores were drilled in the area of the Siple dome.
Siple Dome A
A Core (81°39.53'S, 148° 48.72'W)
References:
Mayewski, P.A., Maasch, K.A., Dixon, D., Sneed, S.B., Oglesby, R., Kurbatov, A.V., Korotkikh, E., Potocki, M., Grigholm, B., Kreutz, K., Taylor, K.C., Steig, E., White, J., Bertler, N.A.N., Goodwin, I., de Mello Monques, M., Tholn, I. U., Simoés, J.C., Jana, R., Kraus, S. and Fastook, J., 2012, West Antarctica’s sensitivity to natural and human-forced climate change over the Holocene, Journal of Quaternary Science 1 (28).
Mayewski, P.A., Bertler, N., Birkel, S., Bracegirdle, T., Carleton, A., England, M., Goodwin, I., Kang, J-H., Mayewski, P., Russell, J., Schneider, S., Turner, J. and Vellicogna, I., 2015, Potential for Southern Hemisphere climate surprises, Journal of Quaternary Science (Rapid Communication) 30, 391-395.
Mayewski, P.A., Carleton, A., Birkel, S.D., Dixon, D., Kurbatov, A.V., Korotkikh, E., McConnell, J., Curran, M., Cole-Dai, J., Su, J., Plummer, C., Vance, T., Maaasch, K.A., Sneed, S.B., and Handley, M., 2017, Ice core and climate reanalysis analogs to predict Antarctic and Southern Hemisphere climate change, Quaternary Science Reviews 155, 50-66.
Kurbatov, A. V., G. A. Zielinski, N. W. Dunbar, P. A. Mayewski, E. Meyerson, S. B. Sneed, and K. C. Taylor (2006), A 12,000 year record of explosive volcanism in the Siple Dome Ice Core, West Antarctica, J. Geophys. Res, 111(D12), D12307.
Siple Dome B
(81°39.53'S, 148° 48.72'W)
Siple Dome 94
-81.65° S, 148.82° W, 621 m a.s.l.) Ice Core Major Ion Dataset, containing Na, NH4, K, Mg, Ca, Cl, NO3,SO4, MSA in ppb, for period from 849 to 19995 A.D.
ORIGINATOR (CONTRIBUTORS): Kreutz, K.; Mayewski, P.A.
CITATION INFORMATION (ORIGINAl REFERENSE): Kreutz, K.J., and P.A. Mayewski. 1999. Spatial variability of Antarctic surface snow glaciochemistry: Implications for paleoatmospheric circulation reconstructions. Antarctic Science, 11(1):105-118.
Additional data at NCDC
Law Dome
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References:
Souney, J., Mayewski, P.A., Goodwin, I., Morgan, V., van Ommen, T., 2002, A late Holocene climate record
from Law Dome, East Antarctica, Jour. Geophys. Res. 107 (D22), 4608, 1-9.
Palmer, A.S., Van Ommen, T., Curran, M.A., Morgan, V., Souney, J., and Mayewski, P.A., 2001,
High-precision dating of volcanic events (AD 1301-1995) using ice cores from Law Dome, Antarctica,
Jour. Geophys. Res. 106, D22, 28,080-28,095.
Palmer, A.S., Morgan, V., Curran, M.J., van Ommen, T.D., and Mayewski, P.A., 2002, Antarctic flux
ratios from Law Dome, Annals of Glaciology 35, 329-332.
Curran, M.J., Palmer, A.S., van Ommen, T.D., Morgan, V., Phillips, K.L., McMorrow, A.J., and Mayewski,
P.A., 2002, Post-depositional methanesulphonic acid movement in Law Dome and the effect of accumulation
rate, Annals of Glaciology 35, 333-339.
Plummer, C. T., M. A. J. Curran, T. D. Van Ommen, S. O. Rasmussen, A. D. Moy, T. R. Vance, H. B.
Clausen, B. M. Vinther, and P. A. Mayewski, 2012, An independently dated 2000-year volcanic record from
Law Dome, East Antarctica, including a new perspective on the dating of the c. 1450s eruption of Kuwae,
Vanuatu, Clim. Change Past Dis., 8, 1567- 1590, doi:10.5194/cpd-8-1567-2012.
Goodwin, I.D., Browning, S., Lorrey, A., Mayewski, P.A., Phipps, S.J., Bertler, N.A.N., Edwards,
R., Cohen, T., van Ommen, T., Curran, M., Barr, C. and Stager, S., 2014, A reconstruction of the
Indo-Pacific extratropical atmospheric longwave patter during the medieval Climate Anomaly,
Climate Dynamics, Vol 43, Issue 5, 1197-1219, DOI 10.1007/s00382-013-1899-1.
Mt. Moulton
This dataset contains measurements from co-registered samples from a horizontal ice trench in the Mt. Moulton Blue Ice Ares (BIA) (76° 43'S, 134° 42'W, 2820 m a.s.l.)
ORIGINATOR (CONTRIBUTORS): Korotkikh E.; Mayewski, P.A.
References: Korotkikh, E., Mayewski, P. A., Handley, M., Introne, D., Sneed, S., Kurbatov, A., Dunbar, N. and McIntosh, W., 2011, The last interglacial as represented in the glaciochemical record from Mount Moulton Blue Ice Area, West Antarctica, Quaternary Science Reviews 30, 1940-1947.
US ITASE
US International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition
This data set contains sub-annually resolved ice core chemistry data from various sites on the Antarctic Ice Sheet during the US International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (US ITASE) deployments. Researchers conducted experiments approximately every 30 - 300 km looking for clues representing climatic conditions over the past 200-1000+ years. Ice cores obtained for the glaciochemical component of the US ITASE research were analyzed for soluble major ion content and in some cases trace elements. Extreme events, such as volcanic eruptions, provide absolute age horizons within each core that are easily identified in chemical profiles. Our chemical analysis is also useful for quantifying anthropogenic impact, biogeochemical cycling, and for reconstructing past atmospheric circulation patterns.
US-ITASE general information
US-ITASE 1999
US-ITASE 2000
US-ITASE 2001
US-ITASE 2002
US-ITASE 2003
US-ITASE 2006
US-ITASE 2007
US-ITASE Suface snow samples
US-ITASE Stable Water Isotopes data
South Pole sites
SPRESSO (89.93° S, 144.39° W, 2808 m a.s.l.)
This data set contains major ion and trace elements measurements from co-registered samples from the South Pole Remote Earth Science and Seismological Observatory (SPRESSO) ice core. The core was sampled by 2002-2003 the US International Trans-Antarctic Science Expedition (US-ITASE).
South Pole 1995 ice core
References:
WAISCORES
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Detroit Plateau
This data set includes stable water isotope, major and trace elements, and major ions values from top 136 m of Detroit Plateau ice core (64.05° S, 59.39° W).
References:
Alencar, A.S., Evangelista, H., Corrêa, S.M., Wainer, I., Jaña, R., Potocki, M., Kurbatov, A.V., Mayewski, P.A. and Simões, J.C., in review, A prospective analysis of VOC and aerosol compositions at Detroit Plateau, Antarctic Peninsula.
Potocki, M., Mayewski, P.A., Kurbatov, A., Simoes, J.C., Dixon, D.A., Goodwin, I., Carleton, A.M., Handley, M.J., Jana, R. and Korotkikh, E., in press 2016, Recent increase in Antarctic Peninsula ice core uranium concentrations.
Allan Hills
Allan Hills Stable Water Isotopes, Version 1. This data set includes stable water isotope values at 10 m resolution along an approximately 5 km transect through the main icefield of the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area, and at 15 cm within a 225 m core drilled at the midpoint of the transect. .
References:
Spaulding, N. E., Spikes, V.B., Hamilton, G.H., Mayewski, P.A., Dunbar, N.W., Harvey, R.P., Schutt, J. and Kurbatov,
A.V., 2012, Ice motion and mass balance at the Allan Hills blue ice area, Antarctica, with implications for paleoclimate
reconstructions, J. Glaciology 58, 399- - 406.
Spaulding, N. E., Higgins, J., Kurbatov, A.V., Bender, M.L., Arcone, S.A., Campbell, S., Dunbar, N.W., Chimiak,
L.M., Introne, D.S. and Mayewski, P.A., 2013, Climate archives from 90 to 250 ka in horizontal and vertical ice
cores from the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area, Antarctica, Quaternary Research, 80 (3), 562-574doi10.1016/j.yqres.2013.07.004.
Higgins, J.A., Kurbatov, A.V., Spaulding, N.E., Brook, E.J., Introne, D.S., Chimiak, L., Yan, Y., Mayewski, P.A. and Bender,
M., in press 2015, Atmospheric composition at ~1 Ma from blue ice in the Allan Hills, Antarctica, Science, Submitted
South Georgia
References:
Mayewski, P.A., Kuli, A., Casassa, G., Arevalo, M., Dixon, D., Grigholm, B., Handley, M., Hoffman, H., Introne, D.,
Kuli, A. G., Potocki, M. and Sneed, S., 2016, Initial reconnaissance for a South Georgia Ice core, Journal of Glaciology, pp1-8,
doi:10.1017/jog.2016.9