Records of climatic changes and volcanic events in an ice core from Central Dronning Maud Land (East Antarctica) during the past century |
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Authors: | V N Nijampurkar D K Rao H B Clausen M K Kaul A Chaturvedi |
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Institution: | (1) Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India;(2) Department of Geophysics, Niels Bohr Institute of Astronomy, Physics and Geophysics, DK 2200 Copenhagen O, Denmark;(3) Antarctica Division, Geological Survey of India, Faridabad, India |
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Abstract: | The depth profiles of electrical conductance, δ18O,210Pb and cosmogenic radio isotopes10Be and36Cl have been measured in a 30 m ice core from east Antarctica near the Indian station, Dakshin Gangotri. Using210Pb and δ18O, the mean annual accumulation rates have been calculated to be 20 and 21 cm of ice equivalent per year during the past ∼
150 years. Using these acumulation rates, the volcanic event that occurred in 1815 AD, has been identified based on electrical
conductance measurements. Based on δ18O measurements, the mean annual surface air temperatures (MASAT) data observed during the last 150 years indicates that the
beginning of the 19th century was cooler by about 2‡ C than the recent past and the middle of 18th century. The fallout of
cosmogenic radio isotope10Be compares reasonably well with those obtained on other stations (73‡ S to 90‡ S) from Antarctica and higher latitudes beyond
77‡N. The fallout of36Cl calculated based on the present work agrees well with the mean global production rate estimated earlier by Lal and Peters
(1967). The bomb pulse of36Cl observed in Greenland is not observed in the present studies – a result which is puzzling and needs to be studied on neighbouring
ice cores from the same region. |
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Keywords: | Antarctica Electrical Conductivity Measurements (ECM) accumulation rates climate 10Be and36Cl |
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