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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2253-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2253-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
04 Dec 2015
Research article |
| 04 Dec 2015
Investigation of a deep ice core from the Elbrus western plateau, the Caucasus, Russia
V. Mikhalenko
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
S. Sokratov
Arctic Environment Laboratory, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
S. Kutuzov
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS – UMR5183, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), Grenoble, France
Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble, IRD UMS222, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, Saint Martin d'Héres, France
M. Legrand
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS – UMR5183, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), Grenoble, France
S. Preunkert
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS – UMR5183, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), Grenoble, France
I. Lavrentiev
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
A. Kozachek
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
A. Ekaykin
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS – UMR5183, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), Grenoble, France
S. Lim
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS – UMR5183, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), Grenoble, France
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
U. Schotterer
Climate and Environmental Physics Group, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
retired
V. Lipenkov
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
P. Toropov
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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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.
For the first time an ice core unaffected by melting was recovered from the western Elbrus...
