Radiocarbon dating of glacier ice: overview, optimisation, validation and potential

Uglietti, Chiara; Zapf, Alexander; Jenk, Theo Manuel; Sigl, Michael; Szidat, Sönke; Salazar, Gary; Schwikowski, Margit

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3091-2016

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21 Dec 2016

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| 21 Dec 2016

Radiocarbon dating of glacier ice: overview, optimisation, validation and potential

Chiara Uglietti, Alexander Zapf, Theo Manuel Jenk, Michael Sigl, Sönke Szidat, Gary Salazar, and Margit Schwikowski

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Final revised paper (published on 21 Dec 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 22 Jul 2016)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Ugiletti et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Aug 2016
- AC2: 'Response of the authors to Anonymous Referee #1', Chiara Uglietti, 26 Oct 2016
- AC5: 'changes to the manuscript according to the referee comments', Chiara Uglietti, 26 Oct 2016
RC2: 'Review of Uglietti et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Sep 2016
- AC3: 'Response of the authors to Anonymous Referee #2', Chiara Uglietti, 26 Oct 2016
- AC6: 'changes to the manuscript according to the referee comments', Chiara Uglietti, 26 Oct 2016
RC3: 'Interactive comment on "Radiocarbon dating of glacier ice" by Uglietti et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 30 Sep 2016
- AC4: 'Response of the authors to Anonymous Referee #3', Chiara Uglietti, 26 Oct 2016
- AC7: 'changes to the manuscript according to the referee comments', Chiara Uglietti, 26 Oct 2016
AC1: 'General comment to the editor', Chiara Uglietti, 26 Oct 2016

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Chiara Uglietti on behalf of the Authors (26 Oct 2016)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (28 Oct 2016) by Shugui Hou

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (09 Nov 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (11 Nov 2016)

ED: Publish as is (14 Nov 2016) by Shugui Hou

AR by Chiara Uglietti on behalf of the Authors (14 Nov 2016)

Short summary

A meaningful interpretation of the climatic history contained in ice cores requires a precise chronology. For dating the older and deeper part of the glaciers, radiocarbon analysis can be used when organic matter such as plant or insect fragments are found in the ice. Since this happens rarely, a complementary dating tool, based on radiocarbon dating of the insoluble fraction of carbonaceous aerosols entrapped in the ice, allows for ice dating between 200 and more than 10 000 years.