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Articles | Volume 15, issue 8
Articles | Volume 15, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4135-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4135-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 8
Research article
 | 
30 Aug 2021
Research article |  | 30 Aug 2021

Significant mass loss in the accumulation area of the Adamello glacier indicated by the chronology of a 46 m ice core

Daniela Festi, Margit Schwikowski, Valter Maggi, Klaus Oeggl, and Theo Manuel Jenk

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4135-2021-supplement

Data sets

Dataset of pollen and spores concentration, refractory black carbon (rBC) concentration as well as Pb-210 activity concentration measured in the ADA16 ice core extracted from the Adamello glacier, Italy Daniela Festi, Margit Schwikowski, Valter Maggi, Klaus Oeggl, and Theo Manuel Jenk https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.22017.17763

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In our study we dated a 46 m deep ice core retrieved from the Adamello glacier (Central Italian Alps). We obtained a timescale combining the results of radionuclides 210Pb and 137Cs with annual layer counting derived from pollen and refractory black carbon concentrations. Our results indicate that the surface of the glacier is older than the drilling date of 2016 by about 20 years, therefore revealing that the glacier is at high risk of collapsing under current climate warming conditions.
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