Pervasive diffusion of climate signals recorded in ice-vein ionic impurities

Ng, Felix S. L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1787-2021

Articles | Volume 15, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1787-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1787-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 15, issue 4

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13 Apr 2021

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Pervasive diffusion of climate signals recorded in ice-vein ionic impurities

Felix S. L. Ng

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1787-2021-supplement

Data sets

Computer code and simulated data of the paper "Pervasive diffusion of climate signals recorded in ice-vein ionic impurities" Felix S. L. Ng https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.12735191

Model code and software

Computer code and simulated data of the paper "Pervasive diffusion of climate signals recorded in ice-vein ionic impurities" Felix S. L. Ng https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.12735191

Video supplement

Supplement of the paper "Pervasive diffusion of climate signals recorded in ice-vein ionic impurities" Felix S. L. Ng https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.12739169

Short summary

Current theory predicts climate signals in the vein chemistry of ice cores to migrate, hampering their dating. I show that the Gibbs–Thomson effect, which has been overlooked, causes fast diffusion that prevents signals from surviving into deep ice. Hence the deep climatic peaks in Antarctic and Greenlandic ice must be due to impurities in the ice matrix (outside veins) and safe from migration. These findings reset our understanding of postdepositional changes of ice-core climate signals.