Altai

Stable isotopes data from top 52 m from Altai core N2 (4100 m a.s.l.)

Quelccaya, Peru, QU-18

13.933333 S, 70.833333 W, depth: 23m, year drilled: 2018.

Support: National Science Foundation, P2C2 AGS-1600018; National Council for Scientific and Technological Development 404002/2013-7, 465680/2014-13.

References:

Clifford, Heather M., Mariusz Potocki, Charles Rodda, Daniel Dixon, Sean Birkel, Michael Handley, Elena Korotkikh, et al. “Prefacing Unexplored Archives from Central Andean Surface-to-Bedrock Ice Cores through a Multifaceted Investigation of Regional Firn and Ice Core Glaciochemistry.” Journal of Glaciology, November 3, 2022, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.91.

Reis, Rafael S. Dos, Rafael Da Rocha Ribeiro, Barbara Delmonte, Edson Ramirez, Norberto Dani, Paul A. Mayewski, and Jefferson C. Simões. “The Recent Relationships Between Andean Ice-Core Dust Record and Madeira River Suspended Sediments on the Wet Season.” Frontiers in Environmental Science 10 (April 5, 2022): 840884. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.840884.

Pamir

Pamir Fedchenko glacier firn core

Pamir 2016 ice cores, 39.39 N, 72.63E, 5478m a.s.l.

References:

Aizen, V. B., Mayewski, P.A., Aizen, E., Joswiak, D., Kaspari, S., Surazakov, A., Grigholm, B., and Finaev, A., 2009, Stable isotope and chemical time series from Fedchenko Glacier firn core, Pamir, J. Glaciol. 55, 190, 275-291.

Rodda, C., Mayewski, P., Kurbatov, A., Aizen, V., Aizen, E., Handley, M., Korotkikh, E., Hoffmann, H., Bohleber, P., Takeuchi, N., Tsushima, A., Fujita, K., (2019). Evidence for an abrupt onset of the Little Ice Age and anthropogenic lead pollution from a 1,600 year ice core chemical record from the Pamir Mountains, Central Asia. (In review).

Rodda, C, Mayewski, P., Kurbatov, A., Aizen, E., Aizen, V., Korotkikh, E., Takeuchi, N., Fujita, K., Kawamura, K., Tsushima, A. (2019). Seasonal variability in a 1600 year-long ice core chemical record, Pamir Mountains, Central Asia. (In review).

Rongbuk, EVEREST

NOAA repository:

East Rongbuk Glacier - 1,000 Year Geochemical Data

GELADAINDONG

IC data from top 70 m, core was collected in 2005.

References:

Grigholm, B., Mayewski, P.A., Kang, S., Zhang, Y., Kaspari, S., Sneed, S. Zhang, Q., and Cong, Z., 2009, Atmospheric soluble dust records from a Tibetan ice core: Possible climate proxies and teleconnection with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114(D20), D20118. Doi: 10.1029/2008JD011242.

Zhang, Y.L., Kang, S.C., Grigholm, B., Zhang, Y.J., Kaspari, S., Morgenstern, U., Ren, J.W., Qin, D.H., Mayewski, P.A., Zhang, Q.G., Cong, Z.Y., Sillanpaa. M, Schwikowki, M. and Chen, F., 2015, The 20th century warming preserved in a Mt. Geladaindong ice core, central Tibetan Plateau, Annals of Glaciology 71. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/2016AoG71A001

Zhang, Y., Kang, S., Zhang, Q., Grigholm, B., Kaspari, S., You, Q., Qin, D., Mayewski, P.A., Cong, Z., Huang, J., Sillanpaa, M., and Chen, F., 2015, A 500 year atmospheric dust deposition retrieved from a mT. Geladaindong ice core in the central Tibetan Plateau, Atmospheric Research 166, 1-9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.06.007.

Grigholm, B., Mayewski, P.A., Kang, S., Zhang, Y., Morgenstern, U., Schwikowski, M., Kaspari, S., Aizen, V., Aizen, E., Takeuchi, N., Maasch, K., Birkel, S., Handley, M., and Sneed, S., 2015, 20th century dust lows and the weakening of the westerly winds over the Tibetan Plateau. Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 2434-2441. DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063217.

Illimani, Peru, IL2017

16.6167S, 67.7667W, depth: 23.8m, year drilled: 2017.

Support: National Science Foundation P2C2 AGS-1600018; CAPES 88887.136384/2017-00; CNPq 465680/2014-3.

References:

Lindau, Filipe G. L., Jefferson C. Simões, Barbara Delmonte, Patrick Ginot, Giovanni Baccolo, Chiara I. Paleari, Elena Di Stefano, et al. “Giant Dust Particles at Nevado Illimani: A Proxy of Summertime Deep Convection over the Bolivian Altiplano.” The Cryosphere 15, no. 3 (March 16, 2021): 1383–97. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1383-2021

Lindau, Filipe Gaudie Ley, Jefferson Cardia Simões, Michael Handley, Elena Korotkikh, Patrick Ginot, and Rafael Da Rocha Ribeiro. “Proxies for Atmospheric Circulation over the Amazon Basin from the Aerosol Composition in a Nevado Illimani Firn Core, Bolivia,” September 22, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10504324.1.

Inilchek, Kyrgyzstan

References:

Grigholm, B., Mayewski, P.A., Aizen, V., Kreutz, K., Aizen, E., Kang, S., K.A., Handley, M.J. and Sneed, S.B., (2017). A twentieth century major soluble ion record of dust and anthropogenic pollutants from Inilchek glacier, Tien Shan. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 122, doi:10.1002/2016JD025407.

Grigholm, B., Mayewski, P.A., Aizen, V., Kreutz, K., Wake, C.P., Aizen, E., Kang, S., Maasch, K.A., Handley, M.J. and Sneed, S.B., (2016). Mid-twentieth century increases in anthropogenic Pb, Cd and Cu in central Asia set in hemispheric perspective using Tien Shan ice core. Atmospheric Environment, 131, 17–28, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.01.030

Sentik Glacier, Ladakh, Himalayas

References:
Mayewski, P.A., Lyons, W.B., and Ahmad, N., 1983, Chemical composition of a high altitude fresh snowfall in the Ladakh Himalayas, Geophysical Research Letters 10(1): 105-108.
Lyons, W.B. and Mayewski, P.A., 1983, Nitrate plus nitrite concentrations in an Himalayan ice core, Geophysical Research Letters 10(12): 1160-1163.
Mayewski, P.A., Lyons, W.B., Smith, G., Ahmad, N. and Pourchet, M., 1984, Interpretation of the chemical and physical time-series retrieved from Sentik Glacier, Ladakh Himalaya, India, Journal of Glaciology 30(104): 66-76.
Goss, E., Mayewski, P.A. and Lyons, W.B., 1985, Examination of selected microparticles from the Sentik Glacier core, Ladakh, Himalayas, Journal of Glaciology 31(108): 196-197.

Mount Logan

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Mount Hunter

Mt. Hunter plateau (62 ° 56' 21.73"N, 151° 5' 10.49"W, 3900 m a.s.l.) Raw stable isotope (del18O) data from Mt. Hunter DIC-2 ice core.

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Devon Ice cap, Canada

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Penny Ice Cap

CORDILLERA DARWIN

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TUPUNGATITO

References:

Mayewski, P.A., Kurbatov, A., Grigholm, B., Potocki, M., Dixon, D., Casassa, G., Zamora, R. and Morrison, M., 2011, A new South American ice coring site – Tupungatito (The Garrand Andes Expedition), Climate Change Institute Borns Symposium Mini Paper, http://cci.siteturbine.com/uploaded_files/climatechange.umaine.edu/files/NEWCCIFY11AnnualReportfinalwobornsminipapers.pdf

Mayewski, P.A., Birkel, S., Maasch, K. and Kurbatov, A., 2013, Recent increase in wind speed and precipitation over the west coast of southern South America: cause and implications, Climate Change Institute Mini Paper, University of Maine, http://cci.siteturbine.com/uploaded_files/climatechange.umaine.edu/files/CCIAnnualReport2013finaloptimzied.pdf

Potocki, M. , Mayewski, P.A., Kurbatov, A.V., Dixon, D.A., Grigholm, B., Casassa, G., Zamora, R., Korotkikh, E., Handley, M., Introne, D. and Sneed, S., 2014, A new ice core from the Central Andes, (Tupungatito), Climate Change Institute Mini Paper, University of Maine, http://cci.siteturbine.com/uploaded_files/climatechange.umaine.edu/files/MiniPaperscombined.pdf

Potocki, M., Mayewski, P.A., Kurbatov, A.V., Dixpn, D.A., Grigholm, B., Casassa, G., Zamora, R., Korotkikh, E., Handley, M. and Introne, D., 2015, Environmental records from Tupungatito ice core, Central Chilean Andes, Climate Change Institute Mini Paper, University of Maine.

TASMAN GLACIER, NZ

References:

Purdie, H., Mackintosh, A., Lawson, W., Anderson, B., Morgenstern, U., Chinn, T., and Mayewski, P.A., 2011, Interannual variability in net accumulation on Tasman Glacier and its relationship with climate, Global and Planetary Change, Vol 77, issues 3-4, 142-152. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.04.004

COLLE GNIFETTI

Colle Gnifetti ice core (45.93° N, 7.88° E) datasets

CFA data

IC and ICP-MS

LA-ICP-MS

References:

Sneed, Sharon B., Paul A. Mayewski, W.G. SAYRE, Michael J. Handley, Andrei V. Kurbatov, Kendrick C. Taylor, Pascal Bohleber, Dietmar Wagenbach, Tobias Erhardt, and Nicole E. Spaulding. 2015. “New LA-ICP-MS Cryocell and Calibration Technique for Sub-Millimeter Analysis of Ice Cores.” Journal of Glaciology 61 (226): 233–42."doi:10.3189/2015JoG14J139.

Spaulding, N.E., Bohleber, P., Sneed, S.B., Wagenbach, D., Mayewski, P.A. and McCormick, M., 2014, Combining novel ice core analysis with ancient historical records: first results from Colle Gnifetti ice core project, European Alps, Climate Change Institute Mini Paper, University of Maine.

Bohleber, P., T. Erhardt, N. E. Spaulding, H. Hoffmann, H. Fischer, and P. A. Mayewski (2017), Temperature and mineral dust variability recorded in two low accumulation Alpine ice cores over the last millennium, Clim. Past Discuss., 2017, 1–24.

More, A. F. et al. (2017), Next-generation ice core technology reveals true minimum natural levels of lead (Pb) in the atmosphere: Insights from the Black Death, GeoHealth, 1(4), 211–219, doi:10.1002/2017GH000064.

Spaulding et al., 2017. A New Multielement Method for LA-ICP-MS Data Acquisition from Glacier Ice Cores Environ. Sci. Technol., 2017, 51 (22), pp 13282–13287

Luongo et al., 2017. Possible Icelandic Tephra Found in European Colle Gnifetti Glacier Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (doi: 10.1002/2017GC007022)

See also:

Historical Data provided by the Initiative for the Science of the Human Past at Harvard.