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A measurement uncertainty ranging from 3.1 to 3.4 ppb, depending on the measurement year, was determined from replicate samples. Depths reflect the mid-points of the depth range of each samples, which is typically ~8cm. All replicate measurements are included in the dataset.\r\n\r\nLee, J. E. et al. Excess methane in Greenland ice cores associated with high dust concentrations. 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All measurements were made at the Oregon State University Ice Core and Quaternary Geochemistry Laboratory (Corvallis, OR) using a new methane stable isotope analytical system. The data includes depth-adjacent replicate samples (separated by no more than 0.3m of depth) and is split up into two sheets for the two different intervals measured (Heinrich Stadial 1 and Heinrich Stadial 5 / Dansgaard Oeschger Event 12). The data are displayed as a function of WAIS Divide depth and were corrected for gravitational and diffusional fractionation that occurs in the firn column according to Buizert et al., 2013. 1-sigma measurement uncertainty is also included and is determined from analytical uncertainty and uncertainties associated with diffusional and gravitational fractionation.\r\n\r\nThe manuscript presenting and analyzing these data is in preparation for publication as of April 2023. 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We determine chronologies for the ice and air bubbles in the new ice cores by visually matching variations in gas- and ice- phase tracers to preexisting ice core records. The chronologies reveal an ice age-gas age difference (\u0394age) approaching 10 ka during MIS 4, implying very low snow accumulation in the Taylor Glacier accumulation zone. A revised chronology for the analagous section of the Taylor Dome ice core (84 to 55 ka), located to the south of the Taylor Glacier accumulation zone, shows that \u0394age did not exceed 3 ka. The difference in \u0394age between the two records during MIS 4 is similar in magnitude but opposite in direction to what is observed at the Last Glacial Maximum. This relationship implies that a spatial gradient in snow accumulation existed across the Taylor Dome region during MIS 4 that was oriented in the opposite direction of the accumulation gradient during the Last Glacial Maximum.", "east": 162.167, "geometry": ["POINT(162.167 -77.733)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Blue Ice; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; CO2; Dust; Gas; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core; Ice Core Records; Mass Spectrometer; Methane; Nitrogen Isotopes; Oxygen Isotope; Paleoclimate; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; Taylor Dome; Taylor Dome Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica; Taylor Dome", "north": -77.733, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology; Antarctic Glaciology; Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Menking, James; Brook, Edward J.; Marcott, Shaun; Barker, Stephen; Shackleton, Sarah; Dyonisius, Michael; Petrenko, Vasilii; McConnell, Joseph; Rhodes, Rachel; Bauska, Thomas; Baggenstos, Daniel; Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: The Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, Horizontal Ice Core: Exploring changes in the Natural Methane Budget in a Warming World and Expanding the Paleo-archive", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000283", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: The Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, Horizontal Ice Core: Exploring changes in the Natural Methane Budget in a Warming World and Expanding the Paleo-archive"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -77.733, "title": "Gas and Dust Measurements for Taylor Glacier and Taylor Dome Ice Cores", "uid": "601198", "west": 162.167}, {"awards": "0739766 Brook, Edward J.; 1246148 Severinghaus, Jeffrey; 1245821 Brook, Edward J.; 1245659 Petrenko, Vasilii", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((161.68 -77.73,161.7 -77.73,161.72 -77.73,161.74 -77.73,161.76 -77.73,161.78 -77.73,161.8 -77.73,161.82 -77.73,161.84 -77.73,161.86 -77.73,161.88 -77.73,161.88 -77.734,161.88 -77.738,161.88 -77.742,161.88 -77.746,161.88 -77.75,161.88 -77.754,161.88 -77.758,161.88 -77.762,161.88 -77.766,161.88 -77.77,161.86 -77.77,161.84 -77.77,161.82 -77.77,161.8 -77.77,161.78 -77.77,161.76 -77.77,161.74 -77.77,161.72 -77.77,161.7 -77.77,161.68 -77.77,161.68 -77.766,161.68 -77.762,161.68 -77.758,161.68 -77.754,161.68 -77.75,161.68 -77.746,161.68 -77.742,161.68 -77.738,161.68 -77.734,161.68 -77.73))"], "date_created": "Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "Noble gas data from Taylor Glacier for mean ocean temperature reconstruction during the Younger Dryas. 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Analytical method is described in Grachev et al. (2009) and Mitchell et al. (2011) for OSU data, and Yang et al. (2017) for SNU data. SDMA CH4 composite record was constructed by combining OSU data for 7.6 - 9.0 ka and SNU data for 9.0 - 11.6 ka to maximize temporal resolution. SDMA gas chronology was synchronized to Greenland Ice Core Chronology 2005 (GICC05) scale. For detailed description on synchronization and age uncertainty please refer to Yang et al. (2017).", "east": -111.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-112 -79.5)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Methane; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -79.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Yang, Ji-Woong; Ahn, Jinho", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Completing an ultra-high resolution methane record from the WAIS Divide ice core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000185", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Completing an ultra-high resolution methane record from the WAIS Divide ice core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WAIS Divide Ice Core; Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -80.0, "title": "Early Holocene methane records from Siple Dome, Antarctica", "uid": "601055", "west": -113.0}, {"awards": "1245659 Petrenko, Vasilii", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(161.71353 -77.75855)"], "date_created": "Wed, 24 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This dataset contains measurements of paleoatmospheric 14C of methane (14CH4) for the Younger Dryas - Preboreal Transition from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, as well as a range of supporting data. The supporting data include [CH4], [CO], [14CO], sample ages, CH4 emissions and analysis of uncertainties.", "east": 161.71353, "geometry": ["POINT(161.71353 -77.75855)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:rock; Chemistry:Rock; Critical Zone; Geochemistry; Methane; Paleoclimate; Sample/collection Description; Sample/Collection Description; Solid Earth; Taylor Glacier; Transantarctic Mountains; Younger Dryas", "locations": "Taylor Glacier; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarctica", "north": -77.75855, "nsf_funding_programs": null, "persons": "Petrenko, Vasilii; Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: A \"Horizontal Ice Core\" for Large-Volume Samples of the Past Atmosphere, Taylor Glacier, Antarctica", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000099", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: A \"Horizontal Ice Core\" for Large-Volume Samples of the Past Atmosphere, Taylor Glacier, Antarctica"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -77.75855, "title": "Measurements of 14C-methane for the Younger Dryas - Preboreal Transition from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica", "uid": "601029", "west": 161.71353}, {"awards": "0944197 Waddington, Edwin", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"], "date_created": "Tue, 28 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS Divide, WD) ice core is a newly drilled, high-accumulation deep ice core that provides Antarctic climate records of the past ~68 ka at unprecedented temporal resolution. The upper 2850 m (back to 31.2 ka BP) have been dated using annual-layer counting. Here we present a chronology for the deep part of the core (67.8-31.2 ka BP), which is based on stratigraphic matching to annual-layer-counted Greenland ice cores using globally well-mixed atmospheric methane. We calculate the WD gas age-ice age difference (Delta age) using a combination of firn densification modeling, ice-flow modeling, and a data set of d15N-N2, a proxy for past firn column thickness. The largest Delta age at WD occurs during the Last Glacial Maximum, and is 525 +/- 120 years. Internally consistent solutions can be found only when assuming little to no influence of impurity content on densification rates, contrary to a recently proposed hypothesis. We synchronize the WD chronology to a linearly scaled version of the layer-counted Greenland Ice Core Chronology (GICC05), which brings the age of Dansgaard-Oeschger (DO) events into agreement with the U/Th absolutely dated Hulu Cave speleothem record. The small Delta age at WD provides valuable opportunities to investigate the timing of atmospheric greenhouse gas variations relative to Antarctic climate, as well as the interhemispheric phasing of the \\\"bipolar seesaw\\\".\n\nWe present the WD2014 chronology for the upper part (0-2850 m; 31.2 ka BP) of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide (WD) ice core. The chronology is based on counting of annual layers observed in the chemical, dust and electrical conductivity records. These layers are caused by seasonal changes in the source, transport, and deposition of aerosols. The measurements were interpreted manually and with the aid of two automated methods. We validated the chronology by comparing to two high-accuracy, absolutely dated chronologies. For the Holocene, the cosmogenic isotope records of 10Be from WAIS Divide and 14C for IntCal13 demonstrated that WD2014 was consistently accurate to better than 0.5% of the age. For the glacial period, comparisons to the Hulu Cave chronology demonstrated that WD2014 had an accuracy of better than 1% of the age at three abrupt climate change events between 27 and 31ka. WD2014 has consistently younger ages than Greenland ice core chronologies during most of the Holocene. For the Younger Dryas-Preboreal transition (11.595 ka; 24 years younger) and the Bolling-Allerod Warming (14.621 ka; 7 years younger), WD2014 ages are within the combined uncertainties of the timescales. Given its high accuracy, WD2014 can become a reference chronology for the Southern Hemisphere, with synchronization to other chronologies feasible using high-quality proxies of volcanism, solar activity, atmospheric mineral dust, and atmospheric methane concentrations.", "east": -112.1115, "geometry": ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Depth-Age-Model; Geochronology; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; WAIS Divide; WAIS Divide Ice Core", "locations": "WAIS Divide; Antarctica", "north": -79.481, "nsf_funding_programs": null, "persons": "Fudge, T. J.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Establishing the Chronology and Histories of Accumulation and Ice Dynamics for the WAIS Divide Core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000026", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Establishing the Chronology and Histories of Accumulation and Ice Dynamics for the WAIS Divide Core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WAIS Divide Ice Core", "south": -79.481, "title": "WD2014: Timescale for WAIS Divide Core 2006 A (WDC-06A)", "uid": "601015", "west": -112.1115}, {"awards": "0839031 Severinghaus, Jeffrey", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(161.71965 -77.76165)"], "date_created": "Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This award supports a project to develop a precise gas-based chronology for an archive of large-volume samples of the ancient atmosphere, which would enable ultra-trace gas measurements that are currently precluded by sample size limitations of ice cores. The intellectual merit of the proposed work is that it will provide a critical test of the \u0027clathrate hypothesis\u0027 that methane clathrates contributed to the two abrupt atmospheric methane concentration increases during the last deglaciation 15 and 11 kyr ago. This approach employs large volumes of ice (\u003e1 ton) to measure carbon-14 on past atmospheric methane across the abrupt events. Carbon-14 is an ideal discriminator of fossil sources of methane to the atmosphere, because most methane sources (e.g., wetlands, termites, biomass burning) are rich in carbon-14, whereas clathrates and other fossil sources are devoid of carbon-14. The proposed work is a logical extension to Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, of an approach pioneered at the margin of the Greenland ice sheet over the past 7 years. The Greenland work found higher-than-expected carbon-14 values, likely due in part to contaminants stemming from the high impurity content of Greenland ice and the interaction of the ice with sediments from the glacier bed. The data also pointed to the possibility of a previously unknown process, in-situ cosmogenic production of carbon-14 methane (radiomethane) in the ice matrix. Antarctic ice in Taylor Glacier is orders of magnitude cleaner than the ice at the Greenland site, and is much colder and less stratigraphically disturbed, offering the potential for a clear resolution of this puzzle and a definitive test of the cosmogenic radiomethane hypothesis. Even if cosmogenic radiomethane in ice is found, it still may be possible to reconstruct atmospheric radiomethane with a correction enabled by a detailed understanding of the process, which will be sought by co-measuring carbon-14 in carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. The broader impacts of the proposed work are that the clathrate test may shed light on the stability of the clathrate reservoir and its potential for climate feedbacks under human-induced warming. Development of Taylor Glacier as a \u0027horizontal ice core\u0027 would provide a community resource for other researchers. Education of one postdoc, one graduate student, and one undergraduate, would add to human resources. This award has field work in Antarctica.", "east": 161.71965, "geometry": ["POINT(161.71965 -77.76165)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Cosmogenic; Geochemistry; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Radiocarbon; Taylor Glacier; Transantarctic Mountains", "locations": "Taylor Glacier; Antarctica; Transantarctic Mountains", "north": -77.76165, "nsf_funding_programs": null, "persons": "Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: A \"Horizontal Ice Core\" for Large-Volume Samples of the Past Atmosphere, Taylor Glacier, Antarctica", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000099", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: A \"Horizontal Ice Core\" for Large-Volume Samples of the Past Atmosphere, Taylor Glacier, Antarctica"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -77.76165, "title": "Measurements of in situ cosmogenic 14C from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica", "uid": "600165", "west": 161.71965}, {"awards": "1245821 Brook, Edward J.", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(162.167 -77.733)"], "date_created": "Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This award supports a project to use the Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, ablation zone to collect ice samples for a range of paleoenvironmental studies. A record of carbon-14 of atmospheric methane (14CH4) will be obtained for the last deglaciation and the Early Holocene, together with a supporting record of CH4 stable isotopes. In-situ cosmogenic 14C content and partitioning of 14C between different species (14CH4, C-14 carbon monoxide (14CO) and C-14 carbon dioxide (14CO2)) will be determined with unprecedented precision in ice from the surface down to ~67 m. Further age-mapping of the ablating ice stratigraphy will take place using a combination of CH4, CO2, and delta 18O of oxygen gas and H2O stable isotopes. High precision, high-resolution records of CO2, delta 13C of CO2, nitrous oxide (N2O) and N2O isotopes will be obtained for the last deglaciation and intervals during the last glacial period. The potential of 14CO2 and Krypton-81 (81Kr) as absolute dating tools for glacial ice will be investigated. The intellectual merit of proposed work includes the fact that the response of natural methane sources to continuing global warming is uncertain, and available evidence is insufficient to rule out the possibility of catastrophic releases from large 14C-depleted reservoirs such as CH4 clathrates and permafrost. The proposed paleoatmospheric 14CH4 record will improve our understanding of the possible magnitude and timing of CH4 release from these reservoirs during a large climatic warming. A thorough understanding of in-situ cosmogenic 14C in glacial ice (production rates by different mechanisms and partitioning between species) is currently lacking. Such an understanding will likely enable the use of in-situ 14CO in ice at accumulation sites as a reliable, uncomplicated tracer of the past cosmic ray flux and possibly past solar activity, as well as the use of 14CO2 at both ice accumulation and ice ablation sites as an absolute dating tool. Significant gaps remain in our understanding of the natural carbon cycle, as well as in its responses to global climate change. The proposed high-resolution, high-precision records of delta 13C of CO2 would provide new information on carbon cycle changes both during times of rising CO2 in a warming climate and falling CO2 in a cooling climate. N2O is an important greenhouse gas that increased by ~30% during the last deglaciation. The causes of this increase are still largely uncertain, and the proposed high-precision record of N2O concentration and isotopes would provide further insights into N2O source changes in a warming world. The broader impacts of proposed work include an improvement in our understanding of the response of these greenhouse gas budgets to global warming and inform societally important model projections of future climate change. The continued age-mapping of Taylor Glacier ablation ice will add value to this high-quality, easily accessible archive of natural environmental variability. Establishing 14CO as a robust new tracer for past cosmic ray flux would inform paleoclimate studies and constitute a valuable contribution to the study of the societally important issue of climate change. The proposed work will contribute to the development of new laboratory and field analytical systems. The data from the study will be made available to the scientific community and the broad public through the NSIDC and NOAA Paleoclimatology data centers. 1 graduate student each will be trained at UR, OSU and SIO, and the work will contribute to the training of a postdoc at OSU. 3 UR undergraduates will be involved in fieldwork and research. The work will support a new, junior UR faculty member, Petrenko. All PIs have a strong history of and commitment to scientific outreach in the forms of media interviews, participation in filming of field projects, as well as speaking to schools and the public about their research, and will continue these activities as part of the proposed work. This award has field work in Antarctica.", "east": 162.167, "geometry": ["POINT(162.167 -77.733)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Atmosphere; Geochemistry; Ice Core Records; Isotope; Paleoclimate; Taylor Glacier; Transantarctic Mountains", "locations": "Transantarctic Mountains; Antarctica; Taylor Glacier", "north": -77.733, "nsf_funding_programs": null, "persons": "Brook, Edward J.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: The Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, Horizontal Ice Core: Exploring changes in the Natural Methane Budget in a Warming World and Expanding the Paleo-archive", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000283", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: The Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, Horizontal Ice Core: Exploring changes in the Natural Methane Budget in a Warming World and Expanding the Paleo-archive"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -77.733, "title": "The Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, Horizontal Ice Core: Exploring changes in the Natural Methane Budget in a Warming World and Expanding the Paleo-archive", "uid": "600163", "west": 162.167}, {"awards": "0944552 Brook, Edward J.; 1142041 Brook, Edward J.; 1043518 Brook, Edward J.; 0839093 McConnell, Joseph; 1142166 McConnell, Joseph", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-112.05 -79.28)"], "date_created": "Thu, 23 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set contains methane concentrations from a West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core obtained by an online, continuous technique (Stowasser, et al. 2012). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c/br\u003e IMPORTANT NOTE: The experiment-time-integrated data are made available as a comprehensive archive of WAIS-Divide methane measurements. In the vast majority of cases the 2-yearly spline fit will be the most suitable for your application (Rhodes_Science_2015_WD_CH4_noaa-wdc-paleo (8).xlsx or Rhodes_Science_2015_WD_CH4_noaa-wdc-paleo.txt). \u003cbr\u003e \u003c/br\u003e For more detailed information on the 2 yearly cubic smoothing spline please refer to references listed, in particular, the Supplementary Material of Rhodes et al. (2015).", "east": -112.05, "geometry": ["POINT(-112.05 -79.28)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Methane; Paleoclimate; WAIS Divide; WAIS Divide Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica; WAIS Divide", "north": -79.28, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "McConnell, Joseph; Brook, Edward J.; Rhodes, Rachel", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Completing an ultra-high resolution methane record from the WAIS Divide ice core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000185", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Completing an ultra-high resolution methane record from the WAIS Divide ice core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WAIS Divide Ice Core", "south": -79.28, "title": "Continuous, Ultra-high Resolution WAIS-Divide Ice Core Methane Record 9.8-67.2 ka BP", "uid": "609628", "west": -112.05}, {"awards": "0538578 Brook, Edward J.; 0538538 Sowers, Todd; 0944584 Sowers, Todd", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-112.0865 -79.4676)", "POINT(-38.5 72.6)"], "date_created": "Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set measures methane concentrations in ancient air trapped in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide and Greenland Ice Sheet Project (GISP2) ice cores; presenting two, high-resolution ice core methane records of the past 2500 years, one from each pole. These measurements were used to reconstruct the methane Inter-Polar Difference (IPD) during the late Holocene. Also included are model results of methane emissions that were presented in the manuscript describing this data set.", "east": -38.5, "geometry": ["POINT(-112.0865 -79.4676)", "POINT(-38.5 72.6)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Arctic; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; GISP2; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Methane; Paleoclimate; WAIS Divide; WAIS Divide Ice Core", "locations": "Arctic; WAIS Divide; Antarctica", "north": 72.6, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Mitchell, Logan E", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Constructing an Ultra-high Resolution Atmospheric Methane Record for the Last 140,000 Years from WAIS Divide Core.", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000025", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Constructing an Ultra-high Resolution Atmospheric Methane Record for the Last 140,000 Years from WAIS Divide Core."}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WAIS Divide Ice Core", "south": -79.4676, "title": "Late Holocene Methane Concentrations from WAIS Divide and GISP2", "uid": "609586", "west": -112.0865}, {"awards": "0944764 Brook, Edward J.", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-119.83 -80.01)", "POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"], "date_created": "Thu, 08 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "During the last glacial period atmospheric carbon dioxide and temperature in Antarctica varied in a similar fashion on millennial time scales, but previous work indicates that these changes were gradual. In a detailed analysis of one event, we now find that approximately half of the CO2 increase that occurred during the 1500 year cold period between Dansgaard-Oeschger (DO) Events 8 and 9 happened rapidly, over less than two centuries. This rise in CO2 was synchronous with, or slightly later than, a rapid increase of Antarctic temperature inferred from stable isotopes.", "east": -119.83, "geometry": ["POINT(-119.83 -80.01)", "POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Arctic; Byrd; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; CO2; Geochemistry; GISP2; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Methane; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome Ice Core; Taylor Dome; Taylor Dome Ice Core", "locations": "Taylor Dome; Antarctica; Arctic", "north": -80.01, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Brook, Edward J.; Ahn, Jinho", "project_titles": "Atmospheric CO2 and Abrupt Climate Change", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000179", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Atmospheric CO2 and Abrupt Climate Change"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core; Taylor Dome Ice Core; Byrd Ice Core", "south": -81.66, "title": "Abrupt Change in Atmospheric CO2 During the Last Ice Age", "uid": "609539", "west": -148.82}, {"awards": "1039365 Rimmer, Susan", "bounds_geometry": null, "date_created": "Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This project studies the Permian-Triassic extinction event as recorded in sedimentary rocks from the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. Two hundred and fifty million years ago most life on Earth was wiped out in a geologic instant. The cause is a subject of great debate. Researchers have identified a unique stratigraphic section near Shackleton glacier laid down during the extinction event. Organic matter from these deposits will be analyzed by density gradient centrifugation (DGC), which will offer detailed information on the carbon isotope composition. The age of these layers will be precisely dated by U/Pb-zircon-dating of intercalated volcanics. Combined, these results will offer detailed constraints on the timing and duration of carbon isotope excursions during the extinction, and offer insight into the coupling of marine and terrestrial carbon cycles. The broader impacts of this project include graduate and undergraduate student research, K12 outreach and teacher involvement, and societal relevance of the results, since the P/T extinction may have been caused by phenomena such as methane release, which could accompany global warming.\n", "east": null, "geometry": null, "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:rock; Chemistry:Rock; Geochemistry; Solid Earth; Transantarctic Mountains", "locations": "Antarctica; Transantarctic Mountains", "north": null, "nsf_funding_programs": null, "persons": "Rimmer, Susan", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: The Permian -Triassic Transition in Antarctica: Evaluating the Rates and Variability of Carbon Isotope Fluctuatios in Terrestrial Organic Matter", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000507", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: The Permian -Triassic Transition in Antarctica: Evaluating the Rates and Variability of Carbon Isotope Fluctuatios in Terrestrial Organic Matter"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": null, "title": "The Permian-Triassic Transition in Antarctica: Evaluating the Rates and Variability of Carbon Isotope Fluctuations in Terrestrial Organic Matter", "uid": "600121", "west": null}, {"awards": "0538538 Sowers, Todd", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-112.086483 -79.46763)"], "date_created": "Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set contains a high-resolution history of atmospheric methane (CH4) concentrations in parts per billion (ppb) from approximately 60 to 11,300 years before present (ybp), obtained in 2010 from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide Ice Core WDC06A. Gas age is derived from the WDC06A-5 ice age scale.\n\nData are available via FTP as a Microsoft Excel file (.xlsx).", "east": -112.086483, "geometry": ["POINT(-112.086483 -79.46763)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Atmosphere; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Ice Core Records; Methane; Paleoclimate; WAIS Divide; WAIS Divide Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica; WAIS Divide", "north": -79.46763, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Sowers, Todd A.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Constructing an Ultra-high Resolution Atmospheric Methane Record for the Last 140,000 Years from WAIS Divide Core.", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000025", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Constructing an Ultra-high Resolution Atmospheric Methane Record for the Last 140,000 Years from WAIS Divide Core."}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WAIS Divide Ice Core", "south": -79.46763, "title": "Methane Concentrations from the WAIS Divide Ice Core (WDC06A), 60 to 11,300 ybp", "uid": "609509", "west": -112.086483}, {"awards": "0739598 Aydin, Murat", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-38.3833 72.5833)", "POINT(0 -90)", "POINT(112.09 -79.47)"], "date_created": "Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set contains ethane, propane, and n-butane measurements in firn air from the South Pole and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide in Antarctica, and from Summit, Greenland. The WAIS Divide and South Pole samples were collected in December to January of of 2005/06 and 2008/09, respectively. The Summit firn was sampled in the summer of 2006. Analyses were conducted on a gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS) system at the University of California, Irvine. Measurements and the associated uncertainties are reported as dry air molar mixing ratios in part per trillion (ppt). The reported measurements for each sampling depth represent a mean of multiple measurements on more than one flask in most cases.\n\nData are available via FTP in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format.", "east": 112.09, "geometry": ["POINT(-38.3833 72.5833)", "POINT(0 -90)", "POINT(112.09 -79.47)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Arctic; Atmosphere; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Greenland; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; South Pole; WAIS Divide", "locations": "WAIS Divide; Antarctica; Arctic; Greenland; South Pole", "north": 72.5833, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Aydin, Murat; Saltzman, Eric", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Methane Isotopes, Hydrocarbons, and other Trace Gases in South Pole Firn Air", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000162", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Methane Isotopes, Hydrocarbons, and other Trace Gases in South Pole Firn Air"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -90.0, "title": "Alkanes in Firn Air Samples, Antarctica and Greenland", "uid": "609504", "west": -38.3833}, {"awards": "0739780 Taylor, Kendrick; 0538427 McConnell, Joseph; 0538578 Brook, Edward J.; 0520523 Brook, Edward J.; 0538538 Sowers, Todd", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)"], "date_created": "Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set provides a high-precision and high-resolution record of atmospheric methane from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core WDC05A, spanning the years 1000 to 1800 C.E. The data include methane (CH4) concentration measurements and ice age chronology. Methane concentration data include mean sample depth, gas age, mean concentration, and concentrations from individual measurements, at a temporal resolution of approximately nine years. Ice chronology data include depth and ice age.\n\nData are available via FTP, in Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) format.", "east": 112.09, "geometry": ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; WAIS Divide; WAIS Divide Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica; WAIS Divide", "north": -79.47, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "McConnell, Joseph; Brook, Edward J.; Mitchell, Logan E; Sowers, Todd A.; Taylor, Kendrick C.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the Proposed WAIS Divide Drilling Site", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000368", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the Proposed WAIS Divide Drilling Site"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WAIS Divide Ice Core", "south": -79.47, "title": "Methane Concentration and Chronology from the WAIS Divide Ice Core (WDC05A)", "uid": "609493", "west": 112.09}, {"awards": "0739491 Sowers, Todd", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-180 90,-144 90,-108 90,-72 90,-36 90,0 90,36 90,72 90,108 90,144 90,180 90,180 72,180 54,180 36,180 18,180 0,180 -18,180 -36,180 -54,180 -72,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -72,-180 -54,-180 -36,-180 -18,-180 0,-180 18,-180 36,-180 54,-180 72,-180 90))"], "date_created": "Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set contains depth profiles for delta carbon-13 (\u0026#948;13C) and delta deuterium (\u0026#948;D) of methane (CH\u003csub\u003e4\u003c/sub\u003e) in South Pole firn air. The investigators obtained air samples from two boreholes during December 2008 and January 2009, and subsequently determined isotope ratios at 18 depths. The profiles represent a roughly 100-year history of the isotopic composition of CH\u003csub\u003e4\u003c/sub\u003e at South Pole Station (no depth-age model provided).\n\nData are available via FTP as an ASCII text file (.txt) and a Microsoft Excel file (.xlsx).", "east": 180.0, "geometry": ["POINT(0 -89.999)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Atmosphere; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; Isotope; Paleoclimate; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; South Pole", "locations": "South Pole; Antarctica", "north": 90.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Sowers, Todd A.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Methane Isotopes, Hydrocarbons, and other Trace Gases in South Pole Firn Air", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000162", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Methane Isotopes, Hydrocarbons, and other Trace Gases in South Pole Firn Air"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -90.0, "title": "Methane Isotopes in South Pole Firn Air, 2008", "uid": "609502", "west": -180.0}, {"awards": "0520523 Brook, Edward J.", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-38.466667 73.583333)", "POINT(-148.81 -81.65)"], "date_created": "Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set contains methane measurements made in trapped air in the Holocene sections of two ice cores: the Siple Dome ice core in Antarctica, and the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) ice core in Greenland. The measurements were made at Oregon State University between 2007 and 2009. Measurements were made relative to the NOAA04 methane concentration scale using a working standard internally calibrated to NOAA certified air standards. Concentrations are corrected for gravitational fractionation and solubility effects in the melt-refreeze extraction. Data are available via FTP in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format.", "east": -38.466667, "geometry": ["POINT(-38.466667 73.583333)", "POINT(-148.81 -81.65)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Arctic; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; GISP2; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core", "locations": "Siple Dome; Arctic; Antarctica", "north": 73.583333, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Brook, Edward J.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: New insights into the Holocene methane budget from dual isotope systematics and a high resolution record of the interpolar gradient", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000131", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: New insights into the Holocene methane budget from dual isotope systematics and a high resolution record of the interpolar gradient"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.65, "title": "Methane Measurements from the GISP2 and Siple Dome Ice Cores", "uid": "609440", "west": -148.81}, {"awards": "0440759 Sowers, Todd", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)"], "date_created": "Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set includes methane (CH4) isotope data from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core, WDC05A, in Antarctica. The data include depth, gas age, and the isotopic composition of methane (\u0026#8706;13C and \u0026#8706;D of CH4). The ice core was collected during the 2005-2006 Antarctic field season. The CH4 isotope data was generated in 2008 using wet extraction methodology. Samples span the last 1,000 years, at a resolution of about 15 years. Data for samples above 69 meters were from firn air, and data below 69 meters from ice. The dating of the ice was based on continuous chemical analyses above 69 meters and Electrical Conductivity/Dielectric Property (ECM/DEP) measurements from ice. Dating uncertainty is estimated to be better than five years.\n\nData are available via FTP in Microsoft Excel (.xls) tab delimited format", "east": 112.09, "geometry": ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Ice Core Records; Isotope; Methane; Paleoclimate; WAIS Divide; WAIS Divide Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica; WAIS Divide", "north": -79.47, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Sowers, Todd A.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the Proposed WAIS Divide Drilling Site", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000368", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the Proposed WAIS Divide Drilling Site"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WAIS Divide Ice Core", "south": -79.47, "title": "Methane Isotopes from the WAIS Divide Ice Core", "uid": "609435", "west": 112.09}, {"awards": "0126057 Brook, Edward J.", "bounds_geometry": null, "date_created": "Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "Ice Core Interplanetary Dust Helium Isotope Data Helium isotope data from Ice Cores at GISP2 (Greenland) and Vostok (Antarctica) as a proxy for extraterrestrial dust flux.\n", "east": null, "geometry": null, "keywords": "Antarctica; Arctic; Atmosphere; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; GISP2; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Ice Core Records; Isotope; Lake Vostok; Paleoclimate; Vostok Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica; Arctic; Lake Vostok", "north": null, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Brook, Edward J.; Kurz, Mark D.", "project_titles": "High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000034", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": null, "title": "GISP2 (D Core) Helium Isotopes from Interplanetary Dust", "uid": "609361", "west": null}, {"awards": "0126057 Brook, Edward J.", "bounds_geometry": null, "date_created": "Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This ice core data is archived at the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology and is available through the Ice Core Data Gateway. The data includes methane data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2). GISP2 is an ice core project that drilled through the Greenland ice sheet and 1.55 meters into bedrock. The ice core is 3053.44 meters in depth, the deepest ice core recovered in the world at the time. The ice core was completed in 1993 after five years of drilling.\n\nMethane concentrations were determined by GC-FID using standards calibrated by NOAA CMDL. \t\t\t\t\t\nThe gas age time scales and analytical techniques are described in further detail in the publication.", "east": null, "geometry": null, "keywords": "Antarctica; Arctic; Atmosphere; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; GISP2; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Ice Core Records; Methane; Paleoclimate; Taylor Dome", "locations": "Arctic; Taylor Dome; Antarctica", "north": null, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Brook, Edward J.", "project_titles": "High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000034", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": null, "title": "GISP2 (D Core) Methane Concentration Data", "uid": "609360", "west": null}, {"awards": "0230260 Bender, Michael", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(106.8 -72.4667)"], "date_created": "Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set includes a time scale for the Vostok ice core, retrieved from Vostok Station on the East Antarctic Plateau. This chronology is derived by orbitally tuning to molecular oxygen to nitrogen (O\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e/N\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e) ratios in occluded air for depths deeper than 1550 m (greater than 112,000 years old), and by gas correlation to the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) chronology for the ice core section that is shallower than 1422 m (less than 102,000 years old). Because of poor gas preservation in air bubbles in shallower depths, investigators could only constrain the Vostok chronology for the section deeper than 1550 m by O\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e/N\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e. Thus for the shallower section of the core, they synchronized the Vostok delta oxygen-18 (\u0026delta;\u003csup\u003e18\u003c/sup\u003eO) and methane (CH\u003csub\u003e4\u003c/sub\u003e) measurements to those of the GISP2 to obtain the chronology (see Bender, et al. 2006). Note, CH\u003csub\u003e4\u003c/sub\u003e data are not included in this data set.\n\nInvestigators analyzed the O\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e/N\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e and the\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u0026delta;\u003csup\u003e18\u003c/sup\u003eO record ratios for approximately the past 115,000 to 400,000 years in the Vostok ice core. They combined new measurements for O\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e/N\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e and \u0026delta;\u003csup\u003e18\u003c/sup\u003eO with data from Bender (2002) and Petit, et al. (1999), respectively.\n\nData are in Microsoft Excel format and are available via FTP.", "east": 106.8, "geometry": ["POINT(106.8 -72.4667)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Atmosphere; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochronology; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Ice Core Records; Lake Vostok; Paleoclimate; Vostok; Vostok Ice Core", "locations": "Lake Vostok; Vostok; Antarctica", "north": -72.4667, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Bender, Michael; Suwa, Makoto", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Trapped Gas Composition and the Chronology of the Vostok Ice Core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000257", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Trapped Gas Composition and the Chronology of the Vostok Ice Core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -72.4667, "title": "Trapped Gas Composition and Chronology of the Vostok Ice Core", "uid": "609311", "west": 106.8}, {"awards": "9526556 Sowers, Todd", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148.3023 -81.403)"], "date_created": "Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set includes records of the delta carbon-13 (\u0026delta;\u003csup\u003e13\u003c/sup\u003eC) of methane (CH\u003csub\u003e4\u003c/sub\u003e) in firn air from the South Pole and trapped in bubbles in a short ice core from Siple Dome, Antarctica. Using two firn air samples, one from January 1995 and the other from January 2001, investigators reconstructed records of the isotopic composition of paleoatmospheric methane covering the last 2 centuries, from 1820 to 2001. \n\nData are in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word formats and are available via FTP.", "east": -148.3023, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.3023 -81.403)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Atmosphere; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; Siple Dome; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; South Pole", "locations": "South Pole; Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.403, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Sowers, Todd A.", "project_titles": "Constructing Paleoatmospheric Records of the Isotopic Composition of Methane and Nitrous Oxide", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000611", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Constructing Paleoatmospheric Records of the Isotopic Composition of Methane and Nitrous Oxide"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.403, "title": "Carbon-13 Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane in Firn Air, South Pole and Siple Dome, Antarctica", "uid": "609310", "west": -148.3023}, {"awards": "9316564 Mayewski, Paul", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-116.333 -78.733)", "POINT(-119.562 -80.014)", "POINT(-118.045 -79.461)"], "date_created": "Mon, 09 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "The Ross Ice Drainage System (RIDS) project provides a high-resolution record of atmospheric chemical deposition taken from several ice cores and snow pits located at sites within or immediately adjacent to the Ross Ice Drainage System. Three sites were visited during a 1995 traverse in inland West Antarctica. The traverse was 158 km, trending 26\u00b0 from Byrd Surface Camp. The core from site A (78\u00b044\u0027S, 116\u00b020\u0027W) is 148 m deep, the core from site B (79\u00b027.66\u0027S, 118\u00b002.68\u0027W) is 60 m deep, and the core from site C (80\u00b000.85\u0027S, 119\u00b033.73\u0027W) is 60 m deep. Glaciochemical analysis focuses on the major ions deposited from the antarctic atmosphere, including Na (sodium), NH4 (ammonium), K (potassium), Mg (magnesium), Ca (calcium), Cl (chloride), NO3 (nitrate), and SO4 (sulfate). Chemical analysis also includes methanesulfonic acid (MSA) and nssSO4 (non-sea salt sulfate). The data are available by FTP in ASCII text format and Excel files.", "east": -116.333, "geometry": ["POINT(-116.333 -78.733)", "POINT(-119.562 -80.014)", "POINT(-118.045 -79.461)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; Snow Pit", "locations": "Antarctica", "north": -78.733, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Mayewski, Paul A.; Kreutz, Karl; Twickler, Mark; Whitlow, Sallie; Meeker, Loren D.", "project_titles": "Ross Ice Drainage System (RIDS) Late Holocene Climate Variability", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000145", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Ross Ice Drainage System (RIDS) Late Holocene Climate Variability"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -80.014, "title": "Ross Ice Drainage System (RIDS) Glaciochemical Analysis", "uid": "609266", "west": -119.562}, {"awards": "0126057 Brook, Edward J.", "bounds_geometry": null, "date_created": "Fri, 27 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set compares global atmospheric concentration of methane from ice cores taken on the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland. The data come from multiple ice cores on each continent, including Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP) and Greenland Ice Sheet Project (GISP) ice cores and the Byrd and Vostok cores from Antarctica. (The orignal dataset is located at ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/greenland/summit/grip/synchronization/)", "east": null, "geometry": null, "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Vostok Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica", "north": null, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Blunier, Thomas; Stauffer, Bernhard; Chappellaz, Jerome; Brook, Edward J.", "project_titles": "High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000034", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": null, "title": "Antarctic and Greenland Climate Change Comparison", "uid": "609253", "west": null}, {"awards": "9615333 Saltzman, Eric", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148.8 -81.7)"], "date_created": "Tue, 09 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is a continuous, high-resolution record of biogenic sulfur (methanesulfonate, known as MSA and CH3SO3-) in the 1000 m deep Siple Dome A (SDMA) core, covering 100,000 to 20 years BP. The analysis was done on between August 2002 and November 2003 at the University of California, Irvine. Investigators used a mass spectrometer to measure methanesulfonate. Measurements are given as MSA concentration at various depths. Estimated age of the ice at each depth is also given.\n\nThis project was a part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores (WAISCORES) project for deep ice coring in West Antarctica. WAISCORES is supported by the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation (NSF).", "east": -148.8, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.8 -81.7)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Biota; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.7, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Saltzman, Eric; Dioumaeva, Irina; Finley, Brandon", "project_titles": "Biogenic Sulfur in the Siple Dome Ice Core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000251", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Biogenic Sulfur in the Siple Dome Ice Core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.7, "title": "Biogenic Sulfur in the Siple Dome Ice Core", "uid": "609201", "west": -148.8}, {"awards": "0512971 Brook, Edward J.", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Mon, 18 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica.\n\nBrooks measured methane in approximately 196 samples between 55.6 and 738.5 m (0-20 ka) in the Siple Dome ice core, and then extended the Siple Dome methane record at medium resolution down to about 860m, corresponding to an age of about 45 ka. The team compared the results with data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) and the Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP).", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Methane; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Brook, Edward J.", "project_titles": "High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000034", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Siple Dome Methane Record", "uid": "609124", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "0512971 Brook, Edward J.", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Wed, 14 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "The data include methane data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) B \u0026 D Cores. Gas ages were calculated according to the methods described in Brook et\nal. 1996, and are subject to change. Ice ages were calculated by by\nlinear interpolation from the Meese et al. timescale.\n", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Arctic; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; GISP2; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Greenland; Ice Core Records; Methane; Paleoclimate", "locations": "Arctic; Greenland", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Brook, Edward J.", "project_titles": "High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000034", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -81.0, "title": "GISP2 (B and D Core) Methane Concentrations", "uid": "609125", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "0338359 Saltzman, Eric", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Wed, 10 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. Siple Dome ice cores were analyzed for methanesulfonate (MSA) and carbonyl sulfide (OCS). The methanesulfonate analysis was done on cores A-E and a hot water core, and the carbonyl sulfide analysis was done on 11 C cores. Methanesulfonate data include the sample identification number, depth, and methanesulfonate parts per billion (ppb) of each sample. Carbonyl sulfide data include the depth, OCS parts per trillion (ppt) of each sample, percent error, and gas age (years). Data are available via FTP in tab-delimited ASCII text (.dat, .txt) file format.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Methane; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Saltzman, Eric; Aydin, Murat", "project_titles": "Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000032", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Methane and Carbonyl Sulfide Analysis of Siple Dome Ice Core Subsamples", "uid": "609131", "west": -149.0}]
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Dataset Title/Abstract/Map | NSF Award(s) | Date Created | PIs / Scientists | Project Links | Abstract | Bounds Geometry | Geometry | Selected | Visible |
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Snapshot record of CO2 and CH4 from the Allan Hills, Antarctica, ranging from 400,000 to 3 million years old
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1745006 2019719 |
2025-01-06 | Marks Peterson, Julia; Brook, Edward; Kalk, Michael; Hishamunda, Valens; Shackleton, Sarah; Severinghaus, Jeffrey P. |
Collaborative research: Snapshots of Early and Mid-Pleistocene Climate and Atmospheric Composition from the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area Center for Oldest Ice Exploration |
This dataset contains snapshots of carbon dioxide and methane concentrations, total air content, stable isotope measurements of carbon dioxide, as well as measurements of molecular oxygen and nitrogen and their stable isotopic signatures. Samples come from the ALHIC1901 ice core from the Allan Hills, Antarctica. Where possible, new ages have been assigned to previous measurements from the ALHIC1503 ice core. For samples containing excess CO2 from a secondary source, estimated atmospheric CO2 ranges are included. | ["POINT(159.356125 -76.732376)"] | ["POINT(159.356125 -76.732376)"] | false | false |
Carbon-13 and Deuterium isotopic composition of atmospheric methane across Heinrich Stadial 4, and Dansgaard Oesgher Event 8, WAIS Divide Replicate Ice Core, Antarctica
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1745078 |
2024-07-23 | Riddell-Young, Benjamin; Lee, James; Schmitt, Jochen; Fischer, Hubertus; Bauska, Thomas; Menking, Andy; Iseli, Rene; Clark, Reid; Brook, Edward J. |
Tracing Past Methane Variations with Stable Isotopes in Antarctic Ice Cores |
This dataset includes ~60-year resolution measurements of the Carbon-13 and Deuterium isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane (δ13C-CH4 and δD-CH4, respectively) of gas bubbles from the WAIS Divide Replicate Ice Core. All measurements were made at the University of Bern Ice Core Laboratory (Bern, Switzerland) using a new methane stable isotope analytical system. The data includes depth-adjacent replicate samples (separated by no more than 0.3m of depth). The data are displayed as a function of WAIS Divide Replicate Core depth and were corrected for gravitational and diffusional fractionation that occurs in the firn column according to Buizert et al., 2013. 1-sigma measurement uncertainty is also included and is determined from analytical uncertainty and uncertainties associated with diffusional and gravitational fractionation. Additional funding for this work was provided by the Swiss National Foundation, Awards #200020_172506 and #200020B_200328L. | [] | [] | false | false |
Deuterium isotopic composition of atmospheric methane across Dansgaard Oesgher Event 8, Talos Dome Ice Core, Antarctica
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None | 2024-07-23 | Riddell-Young, Benjamin; Iseli, Rene; Lee, James; Schmitt, Jochen; Fischer, Hubertus; Bauska, Thomas; Menking, James; Clark, Reid; Brook, Edward J. | No project link provided | This dataset includes measurements of the Deuterium isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane (δD-CH4) of gas bubbles from the Talos Dome Ice Core (TALDICE). All measurements were made at the University of Bern Ice Core Laboratory (Bern, Switzerland) using a new methane stable isotope analytical system. The data are displayed as a function of TALDICE depth and were corrected for gravitational and diffusional fractionation that occurs in the firn column according to Buizert et al., 2013. 1-sigma measurement uncertainty is also included and is determined from analytical uncertainty and uncertainties associated with diffusional and gravitational fractionation. Additional funding for this work was provided by the Swiss National Foundation: Award #200020_172506, and #200020B_200328L. | [] | [] | false | false |
WAIS Divide Ice Core Discrete CH4 (80-3403m)
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1043092 |
2023-10-13 | Sowers, Todd A.; Brook, Edward J. |
Collaborative Research: Stable Isotopes of Ice in the Transition and Glacial Sections of the WAIS Divide Deep Ice Core Collaborative Research: Stable Isotopes of Ice in the Transition and Glacial Sections of the WAIS Divide Deep Ice Core |
This data set contains the final Discrete WAIS ice core WDC06A Methane (CH4) data. The data have been transferred from NSIDC (nsidc0631_sowers) with minimal metadata. | ["POINT(-112.05 -79.28)"] | ["POINT(-112.05 -79.28)"] | false | false |
Atmospheric methane across the Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation from the GISP2, NEEM and WAIS Divide ice cores
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1745078 |
2023-10-05 | Riddell-Young, Benjamin; Martin, Kaden; Rosen, Julia; Lee, James; Edwards, Jon S.; Brook, Edward J. |
Tracing Past Methane Variations with Stable Isotopes in Antarctic Ice Cores |
This dataset includes measurements of atmospheric methane from samples from the NEEM, GISP2 and WAIS Divide ice cores. All measurements were made at the Oregon State University Ice Core and Quaternary Geochemistry Laboratory (Corvallis, OR) using an established analytical system. 433 samples from the NEEM ice core were measured between 1420 and 1560m depths. A measurement uncertainty ranging from 2.8 to 4.2 ppb, depending on the measurement year, was determined from replicate samples. 340 samples from the GISP2 ice core were measured between 1740 and 2060m depths. A measurement uncertainty ranging from 3.1 to 3.4 ppb, depending on the measurement year, was determined from replicate samples. All GISP2 and NEEM data were corrected for excess methane contamination using the established relationship between excess methane and Ca2+ (Lee et al., 2020). Both corrected and uncorrected data are included in the publication. 340 samples from the GISP2 ice core were measured between 1957 and 3081m depths. A measurement uncertainty ranging from 3.1 to 3.4 ppb, depending on the measurement year, was determined from replicate samples. Depths reflect the mid-points of the depth range of each samples, which is typically ~8cm. All replicate measurements are included in the dataset. Lee, J. E. et al. Excess methane in Greenland ice cores associated with high dust concentrations. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta 270, 409-430 (2020). | ["POINT(-112.05 -79.28)"] | ["POINT(-112.05 -79.28)"] | false | false |
Atmospheric methane interpolar difference and four-box troposphere model output across the Last Glacial Maximum and Deglaciation
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1745078 |
2023-10-02 | Riddell-Young, Benjamin; Rosen, Julia; Buizert, Christo; Martin, Kaden; Lee, James; Edwards, Jon S.; Mühl, Michaela; Schmitt, Jochen; Fischer, Hubertus; Blunier, Thomas; Brook, Edward J. |
Tracing Past Methane Variations with Stable Isotopes in Antarctic Ice Cores |
This dataset includes estimates of the atmospheric methane relative interpolar difference (rIPD) across the Last Glacial Maximum and Deglaciation. The rIPD was calculated using discrete, high-resolution methane measurements from the WAIS Divide, NEEM and GISP2 ice cores. Two independent IPD records were determined: One using NEEM and WAIS and one using GISP2 and WAIS. The dataset includes rIPD values calculated using both Greenland methane data both corrected and uncorrected for excess methane (Lee et al., 2020). The rIPD was calculated by smoothing each methane record and synchronizing them to the WD2014 gas age scale. 1-sigma rIPD uncertainties are included. This dataset also includes the output of the four-box troposphere model used to interpret the rIPD. For both excess methane-corrected records, the model output and 1-sigma uncertainty is provided for northern extratropical (30N - 90N) and total tropical (30S - 30N) sources in Tg yr-1. For the NEEM-derived rIPD, sections of the rIPD where atmospheric methane changed rapidly were deemed untrustworthy were removed from the dataset. Lee, J. E. et al. Excess methane in Greenland ice cores associated with high dust concentrations. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta 270, 409-430 (2020). | ["POINT(-112.05 -79.28)"] | ["POINT(-112.05 -79.28)"] | false | false |
Carbon-13 isotopic composition of atmospheric methane across Heinrich Stadials 1 and 5, and Dansgaard Oesgher Event 12, WAIS Divide Ice Core, Antarctica
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1745078 |
2023-04-26 | Riddell-Young, Benjamin |
Tracing Past Methane Variations with Stable Isotopes in Antarctic Ice Cores |
This dataset includes ~60-year resolution measurements of the Carbon-13 isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane (δ13C-CH4) of gas bubbles from the WAIS Divide Ice Core. All measurements were made at the Oregon State University Ice Core and Quaternary Geochemistry Laboratory (Corvallis, OR) using a new methane stable isotope analytical system. The data includes depth-adjacent replicate samples (separated by no more than 0.3m of depth) and is split up into two sheets for the two different intervals measured (Heinrich Stadial 1 and Heinrich Stadial 5 / Dansgaard Oeschger Event 12). The data are displayed as a function of WAIS Divide depth and were corrected for gravitational and diffusional fractionation that occurs in the firn column according to Buizert et al., 2013. 1-sigma measurement uncertainty is also included and is determined from analytical uncertainty and uncertainties associated with diffusional and gravitational fractionation. The manuscript presenting and analyzing these data is in preparation for publication as of April 2023. | ["POINT(-112.086 -79.468)"] | ["POINT(-112.086 -79.468)"] | false | false |
Sediment porewater properties data from Mercer Subglacial Lake
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1543537 |
2023-02-03 | Dore, John; Michaud, Alexander; Skidmore, Mark; Tranter, Martyn; Steigmeyer, August; Science Team, SALSA |
Collaborative Research: Subglacial Antarctic Lakes Scientific Access (SALSA): Integrated Study of Carbon Cycling in Hydrologically-active Subglacial Environments |
This dataset contains measurements of sediment porewater properties from cores collected from Mercer Subglacial Lake by the SALSA project. Included are: specific conductance; water stable isotopes (δ2H and δ18O); dissolved gases (methane and its stable isotopes δ13C and δ2H, ethylene, and ethane); and major anions and cations. | ["POINT(-149.50134 -84.640287)"] | ["POINT(-149.50134 -84.640287)"] | false | false |
Water column biogeochemical data from Mercer Subglacial Lake
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1543537 |
2023-02-01 | Dore, John; Skidmore, Mark; Hawkings, Jon; Steigmeyer, August; Li, Wei; Barker, Joel; Tranter, Martyn; Priscu, John; Science Team, SALSA |
Collaborative Research: Subglacial Antarctic Lakes Scientific Access (SALSA): Integrated Study of Carbon Cycling in Hydrologically-active Subglacial Environments |
This dataset contains water column biogeochemical properties measured on discrete samples collected from Mercer Subglacial Lake by the SALSA project. Data included are: specific conductance; carbonic acid system parameters (total alkalinity, total inorganic carbon, and pH); water stable isotopes (δ2H and δ18O); dissolved gases (oxygen, methane, nitrous oxide, and hydrogen); dissolved nutrients (ammonium, nitrite and phosphate), major anions (including nitrate) and cations; size-fractionated colloidal and dissolved trace elements); dissolved organic carbon; and microbial cell and virus-like particle counts. | ["POINT(-149.50134 -84.640287)"] | ["POINT(-149.50134 -84.640287)"] | false | false |
Taylor Glacier CO2 Isotope Data 74-59 kyr
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1245821 1245659 1246148 |
2022-08-23 | Menking, James; Shackleton, Sarah; Bauska, Thomas; Buffen, Aron; Brook, Edward J.; Barker, Stephen; Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.; Dyonisius, Michael; Petrenko, Vasilii; Menking, Andy |
Collaborative Research: The Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, Horizontal Ice Core: Exploring changes in the Natural Methane Budget in a Warming World and Expanding the Paleo-archive |
High-precision carbon isotope data (d13C-CO2) show atmospheric CO2 during Marine Isotope Stage 4 (MIS 4, ~70.5-59 ka) was controlled by a succession of millennial-scale processes. Enriched d13C-CO2 during peak glaciation suggests increased ocean carbon storage. Variations in d13C-CO2 in early MIS4 suggest multiple processes were active during CO2 drawdown, potentially including decreased land carbon and decreased Southern Ocean air-sea gas exchange superposed on increased ocean carbon storage. CO2 remained low during MIS 4 while d13C-CO2 fluctuations suggest changes in Southern Ocean and North Atlantic air-sea gas exchange. A 7 ppm increase in CO2 at the onset of Dansgaard-Oeschger event 19 (72.1 ka) and a 22 ppm increase in CO2 during late MIS 4 (Heinrich Stadial 6, ~63.5-60 ka) involved additions of isotopically light carbon to the atmosphere. The terrestrial biosphere and Southern Ocean air-sea gas exchange are possible sources, with the latter event also involving decreased ocean carbon storage. | ["POLYGON((161 -77.7,161.1 -77.7,161.2 -77.7,161.3 -77.7,161.4 -77.7,161.5 -77.7,161.6 -77.7,161.7 -77.7,161.8 -77.7,161.9 -77.7,162 -77.7,162 -77.71000000000001,162 -77.72,162 -77.73,162 -77.74,162 -77.75,162 -77.76,162 -77.77,162 -77.78,162 -77.78999999999999,162 -77.8,161.9 -77.8,161.8 -77.8,161.7 -77.8,161.6 -77.8,161.5 -77.8,161.4 -77.8,161.3 -77.8,161.2 -77.8,161.1 -77.8,161 -77.8,161 -77.78999999999999,161 -77.78,161 -77.77,161 -77.76,161 -77.75,161 -77.74,161 -77.73,161 -77.72,161 -77.71000000000001,161 -77.7))"] | ["POINT(161.5 -77.75)"] | false | false |
South Pole ice core (SPC14) total air content (TAC)
|
1643722 |
2022-03-28 | Epifanio, Jenna |
A High Resolution Atmospheric Methane Record from the South Pole Ice Core |
Total air content (TAC) of the South Pole ice core (SPC14). The dataset includes 1,225 duplicate or triplicate averaged measurements along the 1,751-m length of the ice core. Measurements were made using a wet extraction technique, concurrent with discrete CH4 concentration measurements. | ["POLYGON((-180 -89,-171.9 -89,-163.8 -89,-155.7 -89,-147.6 -89,-139.5 -89,-131.4 -89,-123.3 -89,-115.2 -89,-107.1 -89,-99 -89,-99 -89,-99 -89,-99 -89,-99 -89,-99 -89,-99 -89,-99 -89,-99 -89,-99 -89,-99 -89,-107.1 -89,-115.2 -89,-123.3 -89,-131.4 -89,-139.5 -89,-147.6 -89,-155.7 -89,-163.8 -89,-171.9 -89,180 -89,152.2 -89,124.4 -89,96.6 -89,68.8 -89,41 -89,13.2 -89,-14.6 -89,-42.4 -89,-70.2 -89,-98 -89,-98 -89,-98 -89,-98 -89,-98 -89,-98 -89,-98 -89,-98 -89,-98 -89,-98 -89,-98 -89,-70.2 -89,-42.4 -89,-14.6 -89,13.2 -89,41 -89,68.8 -89,96.6 -89,124.4 -89,152.2 -89,-180 -89))"] | ["POINT(81.5 -89)"] | false | false |
South Pole Ice Core Isotopes of N2 and Ar
|
1443710 |
2022-02-03 | Morgan, Jacob; Severinghaus, Jeffrey P. |
Collaborative Research: Inert Gas and Methane Based Climate Records throughout the South Pole Deep Ice Core |
We present measurements gas measurements from the South Pole Ice Core, including the isotopic composition of molecular nitrogen (δ15N) and argon (δ40Ar), and the argon-nitrogen ratio (δAr/N2). The measurements were made between approximately 490 and 1310 m depth, which is between 5 and 30 kyr BP on the SP19 Gas Chronology. The measurements allow us to reconstruct the past amounts of gravitational and thermal fractionation in the firn and thus reconstruct past firn thickness and temperature gradient. These reconstructions are also included. | ["POINT(0 -90)"] | ["POINT(0 -90)"] | false | false |
Greenhouse gas composition in the Allan Hills S27 ice core
|
1443276 1443263 |
2021-01-20 | Yan, Yuzhen; Brook, Edward J. |
Collaborative Research: Window into the World with 40,000-year Glacial Cycles from Climate Records in Million Year-old Ice from the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area |
This file includes the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) in the trapped air from the S27 ice core collected in Allan Hills Blue Ice Area. | ["POLYGON((159 -75.67,159.025 -75.67,159.05 -75.67,159.075 -75.67,159.1 -75.67,159.125 -75.67,159.15 -75.67,159.175 -75.67,159.2 -75.67,159.225 -75.67,159.25 -75.67,159.25 -75.786,159.25 -75.902,159.25 -76.018,159.25 -76.134,159.25 -76.25,159.25 -76.366,159.25 -76.482,159.25 -76.598,159.25 -76.714,159.25 -76.83,159.225 -76.83,159.2 -76.83,159.175 -76.83,159.15 -76.83,159.125 -76.83,159.1 -76.83,159.075 -76.83,159.05 -76.83,159.025 -76.83,159 -76.83,159 -76.714,159 -76.598,159 -76.482,159 -76.366,159 -76.25,159 -76.134,159 -76.018,159 -75.902,159 -75.786,159 -75.67))"] | ["POINT(159.125 -76.25)"] | false | false |
Mean Ocean Temperature in Marine Isotope Stage 4
|
1245821 1246148 1245659 |
2020-12-28 | Shackleton, Sarah |
Collaborative Research: The Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, Horizontal Ice Core: Exploring changes in the Natural Methane Budget in a Warming World and Expanding the Paleo-archive |
Inert gas measurements on a large diameter (0.24m), shallow (20m) ice core from Taylor Glacier for mean ocean temperature reconstruction from 60 - 74 ka. Four samples were also measured on the WAIS Divide ice core to validate Taylor Glacier reconstruction. | [] | [] | false | false |
N2O Concentration and Isotope Data for 74-59 ka from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica
|
1246148 1245659 1245821 |
2020-11-02 | Menking, James; Brook, Edward J.; Schilt, Adrian; Shackleton, Sarah; Dyonisius, Michael; Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.; Petrenko, Vasilii |
Collaborative Research: The Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, Horizontal Ice Core: Exploring changes in the Natural Methane Budget in a Warming World and Expanding the Paleo-archive |
Ice core measurements of the concentration and stable isotopic composition of atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O) 74,000-59,000 years ago constrain marine and terrestrial emissions. The data include two major Dansgaard-Oeschger (D-O) events and the N2O decrease during global cooling at the Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5a-4 transition. The N2O increase associated with D-O 19 (~73-71.5 ka) was driven by equal contributions from marine and terrestrial emissions. The N2O decrease during the transition into MIS 4 (~71.5-67.5 ka) was caused by gradual reductions of similar magnitude in both marine and terrestrial sources. A 50 ppb increase in N2O concentration at the end of MIS 4 was caused by gradual increases in marine and terrestrial emissions between ~64-61 ka, followed by an abrupt increase in marine emissions at the onset of D-O 16/17 (59.5 ka). This suggests that the importance of marine versus terrestrial emissions in controlling millennial-scale N2O fluctuations varied in time. | [] | [] | false | false |
SP19 Gas Chronology
|
1142517 1804154 1443464 1141839 1443105 1443710 1443397 1443470 1643394 1443472 |
2020-10-09 | Epifanio, Jenna |
Collaborative Research: Inert Gas and Methane Based Climate Records throughout the South Pole Deep Ice Core Collaborative Research: Record of the Triple-oxygen Isotope and Hydrogen Isotope Composition of Ice from an Ice Core at South Pole Carbonyl Sulfide, Methyl Chloride, and Methyl Bromide Measurements in the New Intermediate-depth South Pole Ice Core Collaborative Research: A 1500m Ice Core from South Pole |
We present the SP19 gas chronology for the South Pole ice core. The chronology is based on stratigraphic matching of abrupt methane (CH4) changes. To construct the chronology, abrupt changes in CH4 during the glacial period and small, 20-30ppb, centennial scale changes in CH4 were used with analogous data from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide ice core. Stratigraphic matching was verified by an optimization algorithm. The ages cover the last 52,586 years. Absolute uncertainty increases with depth until ± 540 years. | ["POINT(99.16 -89.99)"] | ["POINT(99.16 -89.99)"] | false | false |
South Pole ice core (SPC14) discrete methane data
|
1804154 1443397 1443464 1142517 1443470 1443472 1643394 1443336 1141839 1443710 |
2020-10-09 | Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.; Epifanio, Jenna; Brook, Edward J.; Buizert, Christo; Kreutz, Karl; Aydin, Murat; Edwards, Jon S.; Sowers, Todd A.; Kahle, Emma; Steig, Eric J.; Winski, Dominic A.; Osterberg, Erich; Fudge, T. J.; Hood, Ekaterina; Kalk, Michael; Ferris, David G.; Kennedy, Joshua A. |
Collaborative Research: Inert Gas and Methane Based Climate Records throughout the South Pole Deep Ice Core Collaborative Research: A 1500m Ice Core from South Pole Carbonyl Sulfide, Methyl Chloride, and Methyl Bromide Measurements in the New Intermediate-depth South Pole Ice Core Collaborative Research: South Pole Ice Core Chronology and Climate Records using Chemical and Microparticle Measurements |
We present the methane (CH4) concentration data for the South Pole ice core (SPC14). CH4 concentrations were measured jointly at Oregon State University and Pennsylvania State University. All depths are in meters below the surface. Methane data have been corrected for blank offsets, solubility, and gravitational fractionation. All ages are in years before 1950 C.E. on the SP19 gas chronology. | ["POINT(-99.16 -89.99)"] | ["POINT(-99.16 -89.99)"] | false | false |
Roosevelt Island Ice Core Time Scale and Associated Data
|
0944021 |
2020-07-13 | Brook, Edward J.; Lee, James |
Collaborative Research: Deglaciation of the Ross Sea Embayment - constraints from Roosevelt Island |
Data archived here were used to create the Roosevelt Island Ice Core gas age and ice age time scales. Data include methane concentrations, nitrogen and oxygen isotope ratios of N2 and O2, total air content and the D/H ratio of the ice. Derived products included here include ice age and gas age time scales. | ["POLYGON((-163 -79,-162.8 -79,-162.6 -79,-162.4 -79,-162.2 -79,-162 -79,-161.8 -79,-161.6 -79,-161.4 -79,-161.2 -79,-161 -79,-161 -79.05,-161 -79.1,-161 -79.15,-161 -79.2,-161 -79.25,-161 -79.3,-161 -79.35,-161 -79.4,-161 -79.45,-161 -79.5,-161.2 -79.5,-161.4 -79.5,-161.6 -79.5,-161.8 -79.5,-162 -79.5,-162.2 -79.5,-162.4 -79.5,-162.6 -79.5,-162.8 -79.5,-163 -79.5,-163 -79.45,-163 -79.4,-163 -79.35,-163 -79.3,-163 -79.25,-163 -79.2,-163 -79.15,-163 -79.1,-163 -79.05,-163 -79))"] | ["POINT(-162 -79.25)"] | false | false |
South Pole Ice Core Methane Data and Gas Age Time Scale
|
1643722 |
2020-06-03 | Brook, Edward J. |
A High Resolution Atmospheric Methane Record from the South Pole Ice Core |
This data set contains measurements of atmospheric methane in the South Pole Ice core made at both Oregon State University and Penn State University, as well as a gas age time scale for the core. In both laboratories methane was measured using a melt-refreeze technique to liberate extracted air and using a gas chromatograph with flame ionization detection to quantify the methane concentration, by comparison to calibrated air standards. To construct the gas time scale abrupt changes in atmospheric methane during the glacial period and centennial methane variability during the Holocene were used to synchronize the South Pole gas record with analogous data from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide ice core. Stratigraphic matching based on visual optimization was verified using an automated matching algorithm. The South Pole ice core recovers all expected changes in methane based on previous records. In combination with an existing ice age scale (Winski et al., 2019, Clim. Past, 15, 1793–1808) an independent estimate of the gas age-ice age difference is also provided. A full description of the data and gas age scale are provided in Epifanio et al., 2020 (Climate of the Past, 16, 2431-2444). | ["POINT(180 -90)"] | ["POINT(180 -90)"] | false | false |
Measurements of 14CH4 and 14CO in ice from Taylor Glacier: Last Deglaciation and Deep Core Results
|
1245659 |
2020-02-28 | Petrenko, Vasilii; Dyonisius, Michael |
Collaborative Research: The Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, Horizontal Ice Core: Exploring changes in the Natural Methane Budget in a Warming World and Expanding the Paleo-archive |
This data set contains measurements of 14CH4 and 14CO in ice cores from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica. This includes measurements in ice from the last deglaciation (18 - 8 kyr), for the purposes of paleoatmospheric 14CH4 reconstruction. The data set also includes measurements in older ice (50 - 70 kyr) from a deep ice core, made for the purposes of studying in situ cosmogenic 14C production in ice. All data are in excel format. | ["POINT(161.71353 -77.75855)"] | ["POINT(161.71353 -77.75855)"] | false | false |
South Pole CH4 data for termination
|
1443464 |
2019-12-11 | Sowers, Todd A. |
Collaborative Research: Inert Gas and Methane Based Climate Records throughout the South Pole Deep Ice Core |
The overiding goal for our collaborative project is to provide the necessary data to construct an accurate gas age scale all along the SPICE core. Downcore measurements of CH4 and other species would help to constrain the ice age - gas age difference all along the core that is a prerequisite for the construction of the gas age vs depth profile that is the backbone for all atmospheric reconstructions. | ["POINT(0 -90)"] | ["POINT(0 -90)"] | false | false |
South Pole ice core total air content
|
1443464 |
2019-12-11 | Sowers, Todd A. |
Collaborative Research: Inert Gas and Methane Based Climate Records throughout the South Pole Deep Ice Core |
The total air content in ice core samples are a fundamental indication of the multitude of processes that impact densification of snow in polar regions. In addition, variations in the elevation of the ice sheet directly control the pressure in the bubble close off region and thereby the total gas content. Attempts to remove the physical factors (temperature, accumulation rate, dust content, seasonality) impacting the total air content could provide a means of assessing variations in the elevation of the South Pole over the last 50,000 years. | ["POINT(0 -90)"] | ["POINT(0 -90)"] | false | false |
Last Interglacial Mean Ocean Temperature
|
1245659 1246148 1245821 |
2019-10-18 | Shackleton, Sarah |
Collaborative Research: The Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, Horizontal Ice Core: Exploring changes in the Natural Methane Budget in a Warming World and Expanding the Paleo-archive |
Noble gas data from Taylor Glacier and EPICA Dome C (EDC) for mean ocean temperature reconstruction during the Last Interglacial. Also includes trace gas measurements of d18Oatm, CO2, and CH4 from Taylor Glacier from chronology construction. | ["POLYGON((123.3 -75.1,127.138 -75.1,130.976 -75.1,134.814 -75.1,138.652 -75.1,142.49 -75.1,146.328 -75.1,150.166 -75.1,154.004 -75.1,157.842 -75.1,161.68 -75.1,161.68 -75.367,161.68 -75.634,161.68 -75.901,161.68 -76.168,161.68 -76.435,161.68 -76.702,161.68 -76.969,161.68 -77.236,161.68 -77.503,161.68 -77.77,157.842 -77.77,154.004 -77.77,150.166 -77.77,146.328 -77.77,142.49 -77.77,138.652 -77.77,134.814 -77.77,130.976 -77.77,127.138 -77.77,123.3 -77.77,123.3 -77.503,123.3 -77.236,123.3 -76.969,123.3 -76.702,123.3 -76.435,123.3 -76.168,123.3 -75.901,123.3 -75.634,123.3 -75.367,123.3 -75.1))"] | ["POINT(142.49 -76.435)"] | false | false |
Methane concentration in Allan Hills ice cores
|
1443263 |
2019-08-14 | Yan, Yuzhen; Bender, Michael; Brook, Edward J.; Higgins, John |
Collaborative Research: Window into the World with 40,000-year Glacial Cycles from Climate Records in Million Year-old Ice from the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area |
This file includes the concentration methane (CH4) in Allan Hills ice cores (ALHIC1502 and ALHIC1503). | ["POINT(159.35507 -76.73286)"] | ["POINT(159.35507 -76.73286)"] | false | false |
Carbon dioxide concentration and its stable carbon isotope composition in Allan Hills ice cores
|
1443263 |
2019-08-14 | Yan, Yuzhen; Bender, Michael; Brook, Edward J.; Higgins, John |
Collaborative Research: Window into the World with 40,000-year Glacial Cycles from Climate Records in Million Year-old Ice from the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area |
This file includes the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) and the stable carbon isotope composition of CO2 in Allan Hills ice cores (ALHIC1502 and ALHIC1503). | ["POINT(159.35507 -76.73286)"] | ["POINT(159.35507 -76.73286)"] | false | false |
Gas and Dust Measurements for Taylor Glacier and Taylor Dome Ice Cores
|
1246148 1245821 1245659 |
2019-08-12 | Menking, James; Brook, Edward J.; Marcott, Shaun; Barker, Stephen; Shackleton, Sarah; Dyonisius, Michael; Petrenko, Vasilii; McConnell, Joseph; Rhodes, Rachel; Bauska, Thomas; Baggenstos, Daniel; Severinghaus, Jeffrey P. |
Collaborative Research: The Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, Horizontal Ice Core: Exploring changes in the Natural Methane Budget in a Warming World and Expanding the Paleo-archive |
New ice cores retrieved from the Taylor Glacier (Antarctica) blue ice area contain ice and air spanning the Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5-4 transition, a period of global cooling and ice sheet expansion. We determine chronologies for the ice and air bubbles in the new ice cores by visually matching variations in gas- and ice- phase tracers to preexisting ice core records. The chronologies reveal an ice age-gas age difference (Δage) approaching 10 ka during MIS 4, implying very low snow accumulation in the Taylor Glacier accumulation zone. A revised chronology for the analagous section of the Taylor Dome ice core (84 to 55 ka), located to the south of the Taylor Glacier accumulation zone, shows that Δage did not exceed 3 ka. The difference in Δage between the two records during MIS 4 is similar in magnitude but opposite in direction to what is observed at the Last Glacial Maximum. This relationship implies that a spatial gradient in snow accumulation existed across the Taylor Dome region during MIS 4 that was oriented in the opposite direction of the accumulation gradient during the Last Glacial Maximum. | ["POINT(162.167 -77.733)"] | ["POINT(162.167 -77.733)"] | false | false |
Taylor Glacier Noble Gases - Younger Dryas
|
0739766 1246148 1245821 1245659 |
2019-04-23 | Shackleton, Sarah |
Collaborative Research: The Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, Horizontal Ice Core: Exploring changes in the Natural Methane Budget in a Warming World and Expanding the Paleo-archive |
Noble gas data from Taylor Glacier for mean ocean temperature reconstruction during the Younger Dryas. Also includes field measurements of methane and standard deviations of replicate CO2 measurements from WAIS Divide. | ["POLYGON((161.68 -77.73,161.7 -77.73,161.72 -77.73,161.74 -77.73,161.76 -77.73,161.78 -77.73,161.8 -77.73,161.82 -77.73,161.84 -77.73,161.86 -77.73,161.88 -77.73,161.88 -77.734,161.88 -77.738,161.88 -77.742,161.88 -77.746,161.88 -77.75,161.88 -77.754,161.88 -77.758,161.88 -77.762,161.88 -77.766,161.88 -77.77,161.86 -77.77,161.84 -77.77,161.82 -77.77,161.8 -77.77,161.78 -77.77,161.76 -77.77,161.74 -77.77,161.72 -77.77,161.7 -77.77,161.68 -77.77,161.68 -77.766,161.68 -77.762,161.68 -77.758,161.68 -77.754,161.68 -77.75,161.68 -77.746,161.68 -77.742,161.68 -77.738,161.68 -77.734,161.68 -77.73))"] | ["POINT(161.78 -77.75)"] | false | false |
South Pole (SPICECORE) 15N, 18O, O2/N2 and Ar/N2
|
1443710 |
2019-02-02 | Severinghaus, Jeffrey P. |
Collaborative Research: Inert Gas and Methane Based Climate Records throughout the South Pole Deep Ice Core |
This data set includes major atmospheric gas and gas isotope data from the SPICECORE project, which recovered a 1750-m ice core at the South Pole in 2015. 15N, 18O of O2, O2/N2, and Ar/N2 are included. | ["POINT(0 -90)"] | ["POINT(0 -90)"] | false | false |
WAIS Divide Replicate Core Methane Isotopic Data Set
|
1043522 |
2017-09-15 | Brook, Edward J. |
Collaborative Research: Replicate Coring at WAIS Divide to Obtain Additional Samples at Events of High Scientific Interest |
Data set contains stable isotope data set for methane in the WAIS Divide replicate core for the interval of 3009 to 2071 meters. These measurements were made by James Lee at the University of Bern as part of his PhD thesis and are the subject of a paper in preparation. | ["POLYGON((-112.085 -79.46,-112.0765 -79.46,-112.068 -79.46,-112.0595 -79.46,-112.051 -79.46,-112.0425 -79.46,-112.034 -79.46,-112.0255 -79.46,-112.017 -79.46,-112.0085 -79.46,-112 -79.46,-112 -79.4607,-112 -79.4614,-112 -79.4621,-112 -79.4628,-112 -79.4635,-112 -79.4642,-112 -79.4649,-112 -79.4656,-112 -79.4663,-112 -79.467,-112.0085 -79.467,-112.017 -79.467,-112.0255 -79.467,-112.034 -79.467,-112.0425 -79.467,-112.051 -79.467,-112.0595 -79.467,-112.068 -79.467,-112.0765 -79.467,-112.085 -79.467,-112.085 -79.4663,-112.085 -79.4656,-112.085 -79.4649,-112.085 -79.4642,-112.085 -79.4635,-112.085 -79.4628,-112.085 -79.4621,-112.085 -79.4614,-112.085 -79.4607,-112.085 -79.46))"] | ["POINT(-112.0425 -79.4635)"] | false | false |
Early Holocene methane records from Siple Dome, Antarctica
|
1043518 |
2017-09-11 | Yang, Ji-Woong; Ahn, Jinho |
Collaborative Research: Completing an ultra-high resolution methane record from the WAIS Divide ice core |
Below we present the early Holocene discrete CH4 dataset from Siple Dome (SDMA), Antarctica, measured at Oregon State University (OSU) and Seoul National University (SNU) by discrete wet extraction technique. Analytical method is described in Grachev et al. (2009) and Mitchell et al. (2011) for OSU data, and Yang et al. (2017) for SNU data. SDMA CH4 composite record was constructed by combining OSU data for 7.6 - 9.0 ka and SNU data for 9.0 - 11.6 ka to maximize temporal resolution. SDMA gas chronology was synchronized to Greenland Ice Core Chronology 2005 (GICC05) scale. For detailed description on synchronization and age uncertainty please refer to Yang et al. (2017). | ["POLYGON((-113 -79,-112.8 -79,-112.6 -79,-112.4 -79,-112.2 -79,-112 -79,-111.8 -79,-111.6 -79,-111.4 -79,-111.2 -79,-111 -79,-111 -79.1,-111 -79.2,-111 -79.3,-111 -79.4,-111 -79.5,-111 -79.6,-111 -79.7,-111 -79.8,-111 -79.9,-111 -80,-111.2 -80,-111.4 -80,-111.6 -80,-111.8 -80,-112 -80,-112.2 -80,-112.4 -80,-112.6 -80,-112.8 -80,-113 -80,-113 -79.9,-113 -79.8,-113 -79.7,-113 -79.6,-113 -79.5,-113 -79.4,-113 -79.3,-113 -79.2,-113 -79.1,-113 -79))"] | ["POINT(-112 -79.5)"] | false | false |
Measurements of 14C-methane for the Younger Dryas - Preboreal Transition from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica
|
1245659 |
2017-05-24 | Petrenko, Vasilii; Severinghaus, Jeffrey P. |
Collaborative Research: A "Horizontal Ice Core" for Large-Volume Samples of the Past Atmosphere, Taylor Glacier, Antarctica |
This dataset contains measurements of paleoatmospheric 14C of methane (14CH4) for the Younger Dryas - Preboreal Transition from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, as well as a range of supporting data. The supporting data include [CH4], [CO], [14CO], sample ages, CH4 emissions and analysis of uncertainties. | ["POINT(161.71353 -77.75855)"] | ["POINT(161.71353 -77.75855)"] | false | false |
WD2014: Timescale for WAIS Divide Core 2006 A (WDC-06A)
|
0944197 |
2017-03-28 | Fudge, T. J. |
Collaborative Research: Establishing the Chronology and Histories of Accumulation and Ice Dynamics for the WAIS Divide Core |
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS Divide, WD) ice core is a newly drilled, high-accumulation deep ice core that provides Antarctic climate records of the past ~68 ka at unprecedented temporal resolution. The upper 2850 m (back to 31.2 ka BP) have been dated using annual-layer counting. Here we present a chronology for the deep part of the core (67.8-31.2 ka BP), which is based on stratigraphic matching to annual-layer-counted Greenland ice cores using globally well-mixed atmospheric methane. We calculate the WD gas age-ice age difference (Delta age) using a combination of firn densification modeling, ice-flow modeling, and a data set of d15N-N2, a proxy for past firn column thickness. The largest Delta age at WD occurs during the Last Glacial Maximum, and is 525 +/- 120 years. Internally consistent solutions can be found only when assuming little to no influence of impurity content on densification rates, contrary to a recently proposed hypothesis. We synchronize the WD chronology to a linearly scaled version of the layer-counted Greenland Ice Core Chronology (GICC05), which brings the age of Dansgaard-Oeschger (DO) events into agreement with the U/Th absolutely dated Hulu Cave speleothem record. The small Delta age at WD provides valuable opportunities to investigate the timing of atmospheric greenhouse gas variations relative to Antarctic climate, as well as the interhemispheric phasing of the \"bipolar seesaw\". We present the WD2014 chronology for the upper part (0-2850 m; 31.2 ka BP) of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide (WD) ice core. The chronology is based on counting of annual layers observed in the chemical, dust and electrical conductivity records. These layers are caused by seasonal changes in the source, transport, and deposition of aerosols. The measurements were interpreted manually and with the aid of two automated methods. We validated the chronology by comparing to two high-accuracy, absolutely dated chronologies. For the Holocene, the cosmogenic isotope records of 10Be from WAIS Divide and 14C for IntCal13 demonstrated that WD2014 was consistently accurate to better than 0.5% of the age. For the glacial period, comparisons to the Hulu Cave chronology demonstrated that WD2014 had an accuracy of better than 1% of the age at three abrupt climate change events between 27 and 31ka. WD2014 has consistently younger ages than Greenland ice core chronologies during most of the Holocene. For the Younger Dryas-Preboreal transition (11.595 ka; 24 years younger) and the Bolling-Allerod Warming (14.621 ka; 7 years younger), WD2014 ages are within the combined uncertainties of the timescales. Given its high accuracy, WD2014 can become a reference chronology for the Southern Hemisphere, with synchronization to other chronologies feasible using high-quality proxies of volcanism, solar activity, atmospheric mineral dust, and atmospheric methane concentrations. | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | false | false |
Measurements of in situ cosmogenic 14C from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica
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0839031 |
2016-01-01 | Severinghaus, Jeffrey P. |
Collaborative Research: A "Horizontal Ice Core" for Large-Volume Samples of the Past Atmosphere, Taylor Glacier, Antarctica |
This award supports a project to develop a precise gas-based chronology for an archive of large-volume samples of the ancient atmosphere, which would enable ultra-trace gas measurements that are currently precluded by sample size limitations of ice cores. The intellectual merit of the proposed work is that it will provide a critical test of the 'clathrate hypothesis' that methane clathrates contributed to the two abrupt atmospheric methane concentration increases during the last deglaciation 15 and 11 kyr ago. This approach employs large volumes of ice (>1 ton) to measure carbon-14 on past atmospheric methane across the abrupt events. Carbon-14 is an ideal discriminator of fossil sources of methane to the atmosphere, because most methane sources (e.g., wetlands, termites, biomass burning) are rich in carbon-14, whereas clathrates and other fossil sources are devoid of carbon-14. The proposed work is a logical extension to Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, of an approach pioneered at the margin of the Greenland ice sheet over the past 7 years. The Greenland work found higher-than-expected carbon-14 values, likely due in part to contaminants stemming from the high impurity content of Greenland ice and the interaction of the ice with sediments from the glacier bed. The data also pointed to the possibility of a previously unknown process, in-situ cosmogenic production of carbon-14 methane (radiomethane) in the ice matrix. Antarctic ice in Taylor Glacier is orders of magnitude cleaner than the ice at the Greenland site, and is much colder and less stratigraphically disturbed, offering the potential for a clear resolution of this puzzle and a definitive test of the cosmogenic radiomethane hypothesis. Even if cosmogenic radiomethane in ice is found, it still may be possible to reconstruct atmospheric radiomethane with a correction enabled by a detailed understanding of the process, which will be sought by co-measuring carbon-14 in carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. The broader impacts of the proposed work are that the clathrate test may shed light on the stability of the clathrate reservoir and its potential for climate feedbacks under human-induced warming. Development of Taylor Glacier as a 'horizontal ice core' would provide a community resource for other researchers. Education of one postdoc, one graduate student, and one undergraduate, would add to human resources. This award has field work in Antarctica. | ["POINT(161.71965 -77.76165)"] | ["POINT(161.71965 -77.76165)"] | false | false |
The Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, Horizontal Ice Core: Exploring changes in the Natural Methane Budget in a Warming World and Expanding the Paleo-archive
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1245821 |
2016-01-01 | Brook, Edward J. |
Collaborative Research: The Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, Horizontal Ice Core: Exploring changes in the Natural Methane Budget in a Warming World and Expanding the Paleo-archive |
This award supports a project to use the Taylor Glacier, Antarctica, ablation zone to collect ice samples for a range of paleoenvironmental studies. A record of carbon-14 of atmospheric methane (14CH4) will be obtained for the last deglaciation and the Early Holocene, together with a supporting record of CH4 stable isotopes. In-situ cosmogenic 14C content and partitioning of 14C between different species (14CH4, C-14 carbon monoxide (14CO) and C-14 carbon dioxide (14CO2)) will be determined with unprecedented precision in ice from the surface down to ~67 m. Further age-mapping of the ablating ice stratigraphy will take place using a combination of CH4, CO2, and delta 18O of oxygen gas and H2O stable isotopes. High precision, high-resolution records of CO2, delta 13C of CO2, nitrous oxide (N2O) and N2O isotopes will be obtained for the last deglaciation and intervals during the last glacial period. The potential of 14CO2 and Krypton-81 (81Kr) as absolute dating tools for glacial ice will be investigated. The intellectual merit of proposed work includes the fact that the response of natural methane sources to continuing global warming is uncertain, and available evidence is insufficient to rule out the possibility of catastrophic releases from large 14C-depleted reservoirs such as CH4 clathrates and permafrost. The proposed paleoatmospheric 14CH4 record will improve our understanding of the possible magnitude and timing of CH4 release from these reservoirs during a large climatic warming. A thorough understanding of in-situ cosmogenic 14C in glacial ice (production rates by different mechanisms and partitioning between species) is currently lacking. Such an understanding will likely enable the use of in-situ 14CO in ice at accumulation sites as a reliable, uncomplicated tracer of the past cosmic ray flux and possibly past solar activity, as well as the use of 14CO2 at both ice accumulation and ice ablation sites as an absolute dating tool. Significant gaps remain in our understanding of the natural carbon cycle, as well as in its responses to global climate change. The proposed high-resolution, high-precision records of delta 13C of CO2 would provide new information on carbon cycle changes both during times of rising CO2 in a warming climate and falling CO2 in a cooling climate. N2O is an important greenhouse gas that increased by ~30% during the last deglaciation. The causes of this increase are still largely uncertain, and the proposed high-precision record of N2O concentration and isotopes would provide further insights into N2O source changes in a warming world. The broader impacts of proposed work include an improvement in our understanding of the response of these greenhouse gas budgets to global warming and inform societally important model projections of future climate change. The continued age-mapping of Taylor Glacier ablation ice will add value to this high-quality, easily accessible archive of natural environmental variability. Establishing 14CO as a robust new tracer for past cosmic ray flux would inform paleoclimate studies and constitute a valuable contribution to the study of the societally important issue of climate change. The proposed work will contribute to the development of new laboratory and field analytical systems. The data from the study will be made available to the scientific community and the broad public through the NSIDC and NOAA Paleoclimatology data centers. 1 graduate student each will be trained at UR, OSU and SIO, and the work will contribute to the training of a postdoc at OSU. 3 UR undergraduates will be involved in fieldwork and research. The work will support a new, junior UR faculty member, Petrenko. All PIs have a strong history of and commitment to scientific outreach in the forms of media interviews, participation in filming of field projects, as well as speaking to schools and the public about their research, and will continue these activities as part of the proposed work. This award has field work in Antarctica. | ["POINT(162.167 -77.733)"] | ["POINT(162.167 -77.733)"] | false | false |
Continuous, Ultra-high Resolution WAIS-Divide Ice Core Methane Record 9.8-67.2 ka BP
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0944552 1142041 1043518 0839093 1142166 |
2015-07-23 | McConnell, Joseph; Brook, Edward J.; Rhodes, Rachel |
Collaborative Research: Completing an ultra-high resolution methane record from the WAIS Divide ice core |
This data set contains methane concentrations from a West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core obtained by an online, continuous technique (Stowasser, et al. 2012). <br></br> IMPORTANT NOTE: The experiment-time-integrated data are made available as a comprehensive archive of WAIS-Divide methane measurements. In the vast majority of cases the 2-yearly spline fit will be the most suitable for your application (Rhodes_Science_2015_WD_CH4_noaa-wdc-paleo (8).xlsx or Rhodes_Science_2015_WD_CH4_noaa-wdc-paleo.txt). <br> </br> For more detailed information on the 2 yearly cubic smoothing spline please refer to references listed, in particular, the Supplementary Material of Rhodes et al. (2015). | ["POINT(-112.05 -79.28)"] | ["POINT(-112.05 -79.28)"] | false | false |
Late Holocene Methane Concentrations from WAIS Divide and GISP2
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0538578 0538538 0944584 |
2014-01-31 | Mitchell, Logan E |
Collaborative Research: Constructing an Ultra-high Resolution Atmospheric Methane Record for the Last 140,000 Years from WAIS Divide Core. |
This data set measures methane concentrations in ancient air trapped in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide and Greenland Ice Sheet Project (GISP2) ice cores; presenting two, high-resolution ice core methane records of the past 2500 years, one from each pole. These measurements were used to reconstruct the methane Inter-Polar Difference (IPD) during the late Holocene. Also included are model results of methane emissions that were presented in the manuscript describing this data set. | ["POINT(-112.0865 -79.4676)", "POINT(-38.5 72.6)"] | ["POINT(-112.0865 -79.4676)", "POINT(-38.5 72.6)"] | false | false |
Abrupt Change in Atmospheric CO2 During the Last Ice Age
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0944764 |
2013-08-08 | Brook, Edward J.; Ahn, Jinho |
Atmospheric CO2 and Abrupt Climate Change |
During the last glacial period atmospheric carbon dioxide and temperature in Antarctica varied in a similar fashion on millennial time scales, but previous work indicates that these changes were gradual. In a detailed analysis of one event, we now find that approximately half of the CO2 increase that occurred during the 1500 year cold period between Dansgaard-Oeschger (DO) Events 8 and 9 happened rapidly, over less than two centuries. This rise in CO2 was synchronous with, or slightly later than, a rapid increase of Antarctic temperature inferred from stable isotopes. | ["POINT(-119.83 -80.01)", "POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"] | ["POINT(-119.83 -80.01)", "POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"] | false | false |
The Permian-Triassic Transition in Antarctica: Evaluating the Rates and Variability of Carbon Isotope Fluctuations in Terrestrial Organic Matter
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1039365 |
2013-01-01 | Rimmer, Susan |
Collaborative Research: The Permian -Triassic Transition in Antarctica: Evaluating the Rates and Variability of Carbon Isotope Fluctuatios in Terrestrial Organic Matter |
This project studies the Permian-Triassic extinction event as recorded in sedimentary rocks from the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. Two hundred and fifty million years ago most life on Earth was wiped out in a geologic instant. The cause is a subject of great debate. Researchers have identified a unique stratigraphic section near Shackleton glacier laid down during the extinction event. Organic matter from these deposits will be analyzed by density gradient centrifugation (DGC), which will offer detailed information on the carbon isotope composition. The age of these layers will be precisely dated by U/Pb-zircon-dating of intercalated volcanics. Combined, these results will offer detailed constraints on the timing and duration of carbon isotope excursions during the extinction, and offer insight into the coupling of marine and terrestrial carbon cycles. The broader impacts of this project include graduate and undergraduate student research, K12 outreach and teacher involvement, and societal relevance of the results, since the P/T extinction may have been caused by phenomena such as methane release, which could accompany global warming. | [] | [] | false | false |
Methane Concentrations from the WAIS Divide Ice Core (WDC06A), 60 to 11,300 ybp
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0538538 |
2012-04-19 | Sowers, Todd A. |
Collaborative Research: Constructing an Ultra-high Resolution Atmospheric Methane Record for the Last 140,000 Years from WAIS Divide Core. |
This data set contains a high-resolution history of atmospheric methane (CH4) concentrations in parts per billion (ppb) from approximately 60 to 11,300 years before present (ybp), obtained in 2010 from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide Ice Core WDC06A. Gas age is derived from the WDC06A-5 ice age scale. Data are available via FTP as a Microsoft Excel file (.xlsx). | ["POINT(-112.086483 -79.46763)"] | ["POINT(-112.086483 -79.46763)"] | false | false |
Alkanes in Firn Air Samples, Antarctica and Greenland
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0739598 |
2011-11-30 | Aydin, Murat; Saltzman, Eric |
Collaborative Research: Methane Isotopes, Hydrocarbons, and other Trace Gases in South Pole Firn Air |
This data set contains ethane, propane, and n-butane measurements in firn air from the South Pole and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide in Antarctica, and from Summit, Greenland. The WAIS Divide and South Pole samples were collected in December to January of of 2005/06 and 2008/09, respectively. The Summit firn was sampled in the summer of 2006. Analyses were conducted on a gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS) system at the University of California, Irvine. Measurements and the associated uncertainties are reported as dry air molar mixing ratios in part per trillion (ppt). The reported measurements for each sampling depth represent a mean of multiple measurements on more than one flask in most cases. Data are available via FTP in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format. | ["POINT(-38.3833 72.5833)", "POINT(0 -90)", "POINT(112.09 -79.47)"] | ["POINT(-38.3833 72.5833)", "POINT(0 -90)", "POINT(112.09 -79.47)"] | false | false |
Methane Concentration and Chronology from the WAIS Divide Ice Core (WDC05A)
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0739780 0538427 0538578 0520523 0538538 |
2011-05-27 | McConnell, Joseph; Brook, Edward J.; Mitchell, Logan E; Sowers, Todd A.; Taylor, Kendrick C. |
Collaborative Research: Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the Proposed WAIS Divide Drilling Site |
This data set provides a high-precision and high-resolution record of atmospheric methane from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core WDC05A, spanning the years 1000 to 1800 C.E. The data include methane (CH4) concentration measurements and ice age chronology. Methane concentration data include mean sample depth, gas age, mean concentration, and concentrations from individual measurements, at a temporal resolution of approximately nine years. Ice chronology data include depth and ice age. Data are available via FTP, in Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) format. | ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)"] | ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)"] | false | false |
Methane Isotopes in South Pole Firn Air, 2008
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0739491 |
2011-01-01 | Sowers, Todd A. |
Collaborative Research: Methane Isotopes, Hydrocarbons, and other Trace Gases in South Pole Firn Air |
This data set contains depth profiles for delta carbon-13 (δ13C) and delta deuterium (δD) of methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) in South Pole firn air. The investigators obtained air samples from two boreholes during December 2008 and January 2009, and subsequently determined isotope ratios at 18 depths. The profiles represent a roughly 100-year history of the isotopic composition of CH<sub>4</sub> at South Pole Station (no depth-age model provided). Data are available via FTP as an ASCII text file (.txt) and a Microsoft Excel file (.xlsx). | ["POLYGON((-180 90,-144 90,-108 90,-72 90,-36 90,0 90,36 90,72 90,108 90,144 90,180 90,180 72,180 54,180 36,180 18,180 0,180 -18,180 -36,180 -54,180 -72,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -72,-180 -54,-180 -36,-180 -18,-180 0,-180 18,-180 36,-180 54,-180 72,-180 90))"] | ["POINT(0 -89.999)"] | false | false |
Methane Measurements from the GISP2 and Siple Dome Ice Cores
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0520523 |
2009-12-09 | Brook, Edward J. |
Collaborative Research: New insights into the Holocene methane budget from dual isotope systematics and a high resolution record of the interpolar gradient |
This data set contains methane measurements made in trapped air in the Holocene sections of two ice cores: the Siple Dome ice core in Antarctica, and the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) ice core in Greenland. The measurements were made at Oregon State University between 2007 and 2009. Measurements were made relative to the NOAA04 methane concentration scale using a working standard internally calibrated to NOAA certified air standards. Concentrations are corrected for gravitational fractionation and solubility effects in the melt-refreeze extraction. Data are available via FTP in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format. | ["POINT(-38.466667 73.583333)", "POINT(-148.81 -81.65)"] | ["POINT(-38.466667 73.583333)", "POINT(-148.81 -81.65)"] | false | false |
Methane Isotopes from the WAIS Divide Ice Core
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0440759 |
2009-12-01 | Sowers, Todd A. |
Collaborative Research: Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the Proposed WAIS Divide Drilling Site |
This data set includes methane (CH4) isotope data from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core, WDC05A, in Antarctica. The data include depth, gas age, and the isotopic composition of methane (∂13C and ∂D of CH4). The ice core was collected during the 2005-2006 Antarctic field season. The CH4 isotope data was generated in 2008 using wet extraction methodology. Samples span the last 1,000 years, at a resolution of about 15 years. Data for samples above 69 meters were from firn air, and data below 69 meters from ice. The dating of the ice was based on continuous chemical analyses above 69 meters and Electrical Conductivity/Dielectric Property (ECM/DEP) measurements from ice. Dating uncertainty is estimated to be better than five years. Data are available via FTP in Microsoft Excel (.xls) tab delimited format | ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)"] | ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)"] | false | false |
GISP2 (D Core) Helium Isotopes from Interplanetary Dust
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0126057 |
2008-12-16 | Brook, Edward J.; Kurz, Mark D. |
High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change |
Ice Core Interplanetary Dust Helium Isotope Data Helium isotope data from Ice Cores at GISP2 (Greenland) and Vostok (Antarctica) as a proxy for extraterrestrial dust flux. | [] | [] | false | false |
GISP2 (D Core) Methane Concentration Data
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0126057 |
2008-12-16 | Brook, Edward J. |
High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change |
This ice core data is archived at the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology and is available through the Ice Core Data Gateway. The data includes methane data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2). GISP2 is an ice core project that drilled through the Greenland ice sheet and 1.55 meters into bedrock. The ice core is 3053.44 meters in depth, the deepest ice core recovered in the world at the time. The ice core was completed in 1993 after five years of drilling. Methane concentrations were determined by GC-FID using standards calibrated by NOAA CMDL. The gas age time scales and analytical techniques are described in further detail in the publication. | [] | [] | false | false |
Trapped Gas Composition and Chronology of the Vostok Ice Core
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0230260 |
2007-07-10 | Bender, Michael; Suwa, Makoto |
Collaborative Research: Trapped Gas Composition and the Chronology of the Vostok Ice Core |
This data set includes a time scale for the Vostok ice core, retrieved from Vostok Station on the East Antarctic Plateau. This chronology is derived by orbitally tuning to molecular oxygen to nitrogen (O<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub>) ratios in occluded air for depths deeper than 1550 m (greater than 112,000 years old), and by gas correlation to the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) chronology for the ice core section that is shallower than 1422 m (less than 102,000 years old). Because of poor gas preservation in air bubbles in shallower depths, investigators could only constrain the Vostok chronology for the section deeper than 1550 m by O<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub>. Thus for the shallower section of the core, they synchronized the Vostok delta oxygen-18 (δ<sup>18</sup>O) and methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) measurements to those of the GISP2 to obtain the chronology (see Bender, et al. 2006). Note, CH<sub>4</sub> data are not included in this data set. Investigators analyzed the O<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub> and the<em><strong> </strong></em>δ<sup>18</sup>O record ratios for approximately the past 115,000 to 400,000 years in the Vostok ice core. They combined new measurements for O<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub> and δ<sup>18</sup>O with data from Bender (2002) and Petit, et al. (1999), respectively. Data are in Microsoft Excel format and are available via FTP. | ["POINT(106.8 -72.4667)"] | ["POINT(106.8 -72.4667)"] | false | false |
Carbon-13 Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane in Firn Air, South Pole and Siple Dome, Antarctica
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9526556 |
2007-07-09 | Sowers, Todd A. |
Constructing Paleoatmospheric Records of the Isotopic Composition of Methane and Nitrous Oxide |
This data set includes records of the delta carbon-13 (δ<sup>13</sup>C) of methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) in firn air from the South Pole and trapped in bubbles in a short ice core from Siple Dome, Antarctica. Using two firn air samples, one from January 1995 and the other from January 2001, investigators reconstructed records of the isotopic composition of paleoatmospheric methane covering the last 2 centuries, from 1820 to 2001. Data are in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word formats and are available via FTP. | ["POINT(-148.3023 -81.403)"] | ["POINT(-148.3023 -81.403)"] | false | false |
Ross Ice Drainage System (RIDS) Glaciochemical Analysis
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9316564 |
2005-05-09 | Mayewski, Paul A.; Kreutz, Karl; Twickler, Mark; Whitlow, Sallie; Meeker, Loren D. |
Ross Ice Drainage System (RIDS) Late Holocene Climate Variability |
The Ross Ice Drainage System (RIDS) project provides a high-resolution record of atmospheric chemical deposition taken from several ice cores and snow pits located at sites within or immediately adjacent to the Ross Ice Drainage System. Three sites were visited during a 1995 traverse in inland West Antarctica. The traverse was 158 km, trending 26° from Byrd Surface Camp. The core from site A (78°44'S, 116°20'W) is 148 m deep, the core from site B (79°27.66'S, 118°02.68'W) is 60 m deep, and the core from site C (80°00.85'S, 119°33.73'W) is 60 m deep. Glaciochemical analysis focuses on the major ions deposited from the antarctic atmosphere, including Na (sodium), NH4 (ammonium), K (potassium), Mg (magnesium), Ca (calcium), Cl (chloride), NO3 (nitrate), and SO4 (sulfate). Chemical analysis also includes methanesulfonic acid (MSA) and nssSO4 (non-sea salt sulfate). The data are available by FTP in ASCII text format and Excel files. | ["POINT(-116.333 -78.733)", "POINT(-119.562 -80.014)", "POINT(-118.045 -79.461)"] | ["POINT(-116.333 -78.733)", "POINT(-119.562 -80.014)", "POINT(-118.045 -79.461)"] | false | false |
Antarctic and Greenland Climate Change Comparison
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0126057 |
2004-08-27 | Blunier, Thomas; Stauffer, Bernhard; Chappellaz, Jerome; Brook, Edward J. |
High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change |
This data set compares global atmospheric concentration of methane from ice cores taken on the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland. The data come from multiple ice cores on each continent, including Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP) and Greenland Ice Sheet Project (GISP) ice cores and the Byrd and Vostok cores from Antarctica. (The orignal dataset is located at ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/greenland/summit/grip/synchronization/) | [] | [] | false | false |
Biogenic Sulfur in the Siple Dome Ice Core
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9615333 |
2004-03-09 | Saltzman, Eric; Dioumaeva, Irina; Finley, Brandon |
Biogenic Sulfur in the Siple Dome Ice Core |
This data set is a continuous, high-resolution record of biogenic sulfur (methanesulfonate, known as MSA and CH3SO3-) in the 1000 m deep Siple Dome A (SDMA) core, covering 100,000 to 20 years BP. The analysis was done on between August 2002 and November 2003 at the University of California, Irvine. Investigators used a mass spectrometer to measure methanesulfonate. Measurements are given as MSA concentration at various depths. Estimated age of the ice at each depth is also given. This project was a part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores (WAISCORES) project for deep ice coring in West Antarctica. WAISCORES is supported by the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation (NSF). | ["POINT(-148.8 -81.7)"] | ["POINT(-148.8 -81.7)"] | false | false |
Siple Dome Methane Record
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0512971 |
2003-08-18 | Brook, Edward J. |
High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change |
This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. Brooks measured methane in approximately 196 samples between 55.6 and 738.5 m (0-20 ka) in the Siple Dome ice core, and then extended the Siple Dome methane record at medium resolution down to about 860m, corresponding to an age of about 45 ka. The team compared the results with data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) and the Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP). | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
GISP2 (B and D Core) Methane Concentrations
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0512971 |
2003-05-14 | Brook, Edward J. |
High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change |
The data include methane data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) B & D Cores. Gas ages were calculated according to the methods described in Brook et al. 1996, and are subject to change. Ice ages were calculated by by linear interpolation from the Meese et al. timescale. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Methane and Carbonyl Sulfide Analysis of Siple Dome Ice Core Subsamples
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0338359 |
2002-07-10 | Saltzman, Eric; Aydin, Murat |
Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores |
This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. Siple Dome ice cores were analyzed for methanesulfonate (MSA) and carbonyl sulfide (OCS). The methanesulfonate analysis was done on cores A-E and a hot water core, and the carbonyl sulfide analysis was done on 11 C cores. Methanesulfonate data include the sample identification number, depth, and methanesulfonate parts per billion (ppb) of each sample. Carbonyl sulfide data include the depth, OCS parts per trillion (ppt) of each sample, percent error, and gas age (years). Data are available via FTP in tab-delimited ASCII text (.dat, .txt) file format. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |