A 125-year record of climate and chemistry variability at the Pine Island Glacier ice divide, Antarctica

Schwanck, Franciele; Simões, Jefferson C.; Handley, Michael; Mayewski, Paul A.; Auger, Jeffrey D.; Bernardo, Ronaldo T.; Aquino, Francisco E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1537-2017

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1537-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1537-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

Research article

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04 Jul 2017

Research article |

| 04 Jul 2017

A 125-year record of climate and chemistry variability at the Pine Island Glacier ice divide, Antarctica

Franciele Schwanck, Jefferson C. Simões, Michael Handley, Paul A. Mayewski, Jeffrey D. Auger, Ronaldo T. Bernardo, and Francisco E. Aquino

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1537-2017-supplement

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A 125-year record of climate and chemistry variability at the Pine Island Glacier ice divide, Antarctica F. Schwanck, J. C. Simões, M. Handley, P. A. Mayewski, J. D. Auger, R. T. B., and F. E. Aquino https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo-search/study/22271

Short summary

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is more susceptible to marine influences than the East Antarctica Ice Sheet (EAIS). During recent decades, rapid changes have occurred in the WAIS sector, including flow velocity acceleration, retraction of ice streams, and mass loss. In this study, we use an ice core located near the Pine Island Glacier ice divide to reconstruct mineral dust and marine aerosol transport and the influence of climate variables on the elemental concentration.