IEDA
Dataset Information
Gas and Dust Measurements for Taylor Glacier and Taylor Dome Ice Cores
Data DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15784/601198
Cite as
Menking, J., Baggenstos, D., Barker, S., Bauska, T., Brook, E. J., Dyonisius, M., et al. (2019) "Gas and Dust Measurements for Taylor Glacier and Taylor Dome Ice Cores" U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Data Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.15784/601198.
AMD - DIF Record(s)
Abstract
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.
Creator(s):
Menking, James; Brook, Edward J.; Marcott, Shaun; Barker, Stephen; Shackleton, Sarah; Severinghaus, Jeffrey; Dyonisius, Michael; Petrenko, Vasilii; McConnell, Joseph; Rhodes, Rachel; Bauska, Thomas; Baggenstos, Daniel
Date Created:
2019-08-12
Repository:
USAP-DC (current)
Spatial Extent(s)
West: 162.167, East: 162.167, South: -77.733, North: -77.733
Version:
1
References
  1. Menking, J. A., Brook, E. J., Shackleton, S. A., Severinghaus, J. P., Dyonisius, M. N., Petrenko, V., McConnell, J. R., Rhodes, R. H., Bauska, T. K., Baggenstos, D., Marcott, S., and Barker, S.: Spatial pattern of accumulation at Taylor Dome during Marine Isotope Stage 4: stratigraphic constraints from Taylor Glacier, Clim. Past, 15, 1537–1556, 10.5194/cp-15-1537-2019, 2019. (doi:10.5194/cp-15-1537-2019)
Supplemental Docs
View
Download
README_601198.txt
Data Files

Selected:
0 B

Select All
Download
695.1 kB
 

MD5 Checksum: 464df2b7ac54685b9b55e8f49eb8848a File Type: Microsoft Excel

This dataset has been downloaded 18 times since March 2017 (based on unique date-IP combinations)