Investigation of a deep ice core from the Elbrus western plateau, the Caucasus, Russia

Mikhalenko, V.; Sokratov, S.; Kutuzov, S.; Ginot, P.; Legrand, M.; Preunkert, S.; Lavrentiev, I.; Kozachek, A.; Ekaykin, A.; Faïn, X.; Lim, S.; Schotterer, U.; Lipenkov, V.; Toropov, P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2253-2015

Articles | Volume 9, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2253-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2253-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 6

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04 Dec 2015

Research article |

| 04 Dec 2015

Investigation of a deep ice core from the Elbrus western plateau, the Caucasus, Russia

V. Mikhalenko, S. Sokratov, S. Kutuzov, P. Ginot, M. Legrand, S. Preunkert, I. Lavrentiev, A. Kozachek, A. Ekaykin, X. Faïn, S. Lim, U. Schotterer, V. Lipenkov, and P. Toropov

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RC C1372: 'Review of Mikhalenko et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Aug 2015
- AC C1820: 'Answer to Reviewer 1', V.N. Mikhalenko, 08 Oct 2015
RC C1427: 'Interactive comment on “Investigation of a deep ice core from the Elbrus Western Plateau, the Caucasus, Russia” by V. Mikhalenko et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Aug 2015
- AC C1825: 'Answer to Reviewer 2', V.N. Mikhalenko, 08 Oct 2015

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AR by V.N. Mikhalenko on behalf of the Authors (14 Oct 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Oct 2015) by Olaf Eisen

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (02 Nov 2015)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (05 Nov 2015) by Olaf Eisen

AR by V.N. Mikhalenko on behalf of the Authors (13 Nov 2015) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

For the first time an ice core unaffected by melting was recovered from the western Elbrus plateau in the Caucasus. The preserved chemical and isotopic data are considered a source of paleo-climate information for southern/eastern Europe. Considerable snow accumulation (about 1500mm w.e.) and high sampling resolution allowed seasonal variability to be obtained in climate signals, covering a time period of about 200 years. Ice flow models suggest that the basal ice age can be more than 600 years.