Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Correlation of a 3,200 year old tephra in ice cores from Vostok and South Pole Stations, Antarctica
View through CrossRef
Tephra layers in two Antarctic ice cores are correlated on the basis of their chemical compositions and estimated ages. We believe the tephra was produced about 3,200 years ago from a major explosive eruption of Candlemas Island in the South Sandwich Islands. This is the first time that tephra layers have been correlated between two widely separated ice cores and demonstrates that tephra layers may serve as stratigraphic markers for correlating, and perhaps in some cases, dating Antarctic ice cores.
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Title: Correlation of a 3,200 year old tephra in ice cores from Vostok and South Pole Stations, Antarctica
Description:
Tephra layers in two Antarctic ice cores are correlated on the basis of their chemical compositions and estimated ages.
We believe the tephra was produced about 3,200 years ago from a major explosive eruption of Candlemas Island in the South Sandwich Islands.
This is the first time that tephra layers have been correlated between two widely separated ice cores and demonstrates that tephra layers may serve as stratigraphic markers for correlating, and perhaps in some cases, dating Antarctic ice cores.
Related Results
Ground ice detection and implications for permafrost geomorphology
Ground ice detection and implications for permafrost geomorphology
Most permafrost contains ground ice, often as pore ice or thin veins or lenses of ice. In certain circumstance, larger bodies of ice can form, such as ice wedges, or massive lenses...
Tephra layers in Perunika Glacier, Livingston Island, Antarctica
Tephra layers in Perunika Glacier, Livingston Island, Antarctica
<p>Perunika Glacier is an 8 km long and 3 km wide roughly crescent-shaped glacier in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The glacier is heavily cre...
Modelling very recent ice ages on Mars with the Planetary Climate Model
Modelling very recent ice ages on Mars with the Planetary Climate Model
Protected by centimeters of dry sediments, a planetary-scale mantle of relatively pure water ice covers the entire mid and high latitudes of Mars. Its presence down has been shown ...
Ice Management for Floating Ice Offshore Operations
Ice Management for Floating Ice Offshore Operations
Abstract
This paper describes the practicalities and principles of use of icebreakers in support of ice offshore operations, and specifically their efficiency in ...
Constraining Ceres' exposed ice: grain size, abundance, and is it salty?
Constraining Ceres' exposed ice: grain size, abundance, and is it salty?
Ubiquitous phyllosilicates and carbonates in Ceres’ surface regolith reveal extensive water-rock interaction in the past [1]. A key area of continued study is the water i...
Surface velocity and ice thickness of the Müller ice cap, Axel Heiberg Island
Surface velocity and ice thickness of the Müller ice cap, Axel Heiberg Island
Muller ice cap is situated on Axel Heiberg Island in Arctic Canada. It is characterised by a mountanious region separating the ice cap in the east from the outlet glaciers in the w...
The Limiting Driving Force Approach to Ice Loads
The Limiting Driving Force Approach to Ice Loads
ABSTRACT
This paper reviews the overall logic to ice loads on structures and discusses the applicability of the limiting driving force approach to ice loads. It i...
Million-year Ice from Antarctica and the “Stagnant” Ice Zone: From Microstructure to Geochemistry (MIA:Mic2Geo) – linking BEOI’s “stagnant” ice, COLDEX’s Allan Hills blue ice, and Million Year Ice Core ice
Million-year Ice from Antarctica and the “Stagnant” Ice Zone: From Microstructure to Geochemistry (MIA:Mic2Geo) – linking BEOI’s “stagnant” ice, COLDEX’s Allan Hills blue ice, and Million Year Ice Core ice
Several international projects aim to retrieve million-year-old ice from Antarctica. Most focus on obtaining a continuous climate record. In the about-to-start 5-year project Milli...