Chemical measurements from the EPICA Dome C core

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Sea ice and dust flux increased greatly in the Southern Ocean during the last glacial period. Palaeorecords provide contradictory evidence about marine productivity in this region, but beyond one glacial cycle, data were sparse. Here we present continuous chemical proxy data spanning the last eight glacial cycles (740,000 years) from the Dome C Antarctic ice core. These data constrain winter sea-ice extent in the Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean biogenic productivity and Patagonian climatic conditions. We found that maximum sea-ice extent is closely tied to Antarctic temperature on multi-millennial timescales, but less so on shorter timescales. Biological dimethylsulphide emissions south of the polar front seem to have changed little with climate, suggesting that sulphur compounds were not active in climate regulation. We observe large glacial-interglacial contrasts in iron deposition, which we infer reflects strongly changing Patagonian conditions. During glacial terminations, changes in Patagonia apparently preceded sea-ice reduction, indicating that multiple mechanisms may be responsible for different phases of CO2 increase during glacial terminations. We observe no changes in internal climatic feedbacks that could have caused the change in amplitude of Antarctic temperature variations observed 440,000 years ago.

Supplement to: Wolff, Eric William; Fischer, Hubertus; Ruth, Urs; Twarloh, Birthe; Littot, Geneviève C; Mulvaney, Robert; Röthlisberger, Regine; de Angelis, Martine; Boutron, Claude F; Hansson, Margareta E; Jonsell, Ulf; Hutterli, Manuel A; Lambert, Fabrice; Kaufmann, Patrik R; Stauffer, Bernhard; Stocker, Thomas F; Steffensen, Jørgen Peder; Bigler, Matthias; Siggaard-Andersen, Marie-Louise; Udisti, Roberto; Becagli, Silvia; Castellano, Emiliano; Severi, Mirko; Wagenbach, Dietmar; Barbante, Carlo; Gabrielli, Paolo; Gaspari, Vania (2006): Southern Ocean sea-ice extent, productivity and iron flux over the past eight glacial cycles. Nature, 440, 491-496

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.728218
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04614
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Creator Wolff, Eric William ORCID logo; Fischer, Hubertus ORCID logo; Ruth, Urs; Twarloh, Birthe; Littot, Geneviève C; Mulvaney, Robert ORCID logo; Röthlisberger, Regine; de Angelis, Martine; Boutron, Claude F; Hansson, Margareta E; Jonsell, Ulf; Hutterli, Manuel A; Lambert, Fabrice (ORCID: 0000-0002-2192-024X); Kaufmann, Patrik R; Stauffer, Bernhard; Stocker, Thomas F ORCID logo; Steffensen, Jørgen Peder ORCID logo; Bigler, Matthias ORCID logo; Siggaard-Andersen, Marie-Louise; Udisti, Roberto; Becagli, Silvia ORCID logo; Castellano, Emiliano; Severi, Mirko ORCID logo; Wagenbach, Dietmar; Barbante, Carlo ORCID logo; Gabrielli, Paolo; Gaspari, Vania
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2006
Funding Reference Fifth Framework Programme https://doi.org/10.13039/100011104 Crossref Funder ID EVK2-CT-2000-00077 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/EVK2-CT-2000-00077 European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica; Fourth Framework Programme https://doi.org/10.13039/100011105 Crossref Funder ID ENV4980702 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/ENV4980702 European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Language English
Resource Type Supplementary Publication Series of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 2 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (123.350 LON, -75.100 LAT); Dome C, Antarctica
Temporal Coverage Begin 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2004-12-31T00:00:00Z