A multi-ice-core, annual-layer-counted Greenland ice-core chronology for the last 3800 years: GICC21
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Published:2022-05-24
Issue:5
Volume:18
Page:1125-1150
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ISSN:1814-9332
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Container-title:Climate of the Past
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Clim. Past
Author:
Sinnl Giulia, Winstrup MaiORCID, Erhardt TobiasORCID, Cook ElizaORCID, Jensen Camilla MarieORCID, Svensson AndersORCID, Vinther Bo Møllesøe, Muscheler RaimundORCID, Rasmussen Sune OlanderORCID
Abstract
Abstract. Ice-core timescales are vital for the understanding of past climate; hence
they should be updated whenever significant amounts of new data become
available. Here, the Greenland ice-core chronology GICC05 was revised for
the last 3835 years by synchronizing six deep ice cores and three shallow
ice cores from the central Greenland ice sheet. A new method was applied by
combining automated counting of annual layers on multiple parallel proxies
and manual fine-tuning. A layer counting bias was found in all ice cores
because of site-specific signal disturbances; therefore the manual
comparison of all ice cores was deemed necessary to increase timescale
accuracy. After examining sources of error and their correlation lengths,
the uncertainty rate was quantified to be 1 year per century. The new timescale is younger than GICC05 by about 13 years at 3835 years
ago. The most recent 800 years are largely unaffected by the revision.
Between 800 and 2000 years ago, the offset between timescales increases
steadily, with the steepest offset occurring between 800 and 1100 years ago.
Moreover, offset oscillations of about 5 years around the average are
observed between 2500 and 3800 years ago. The non-linear offset behavior is
attributed to previous mismatches of volcanic eruptions, to the much more
extensive dataset available to this study, and to the finer resolution of
the new ice-core ammonium matching. By analysis of the common variations in
cosmogenic radionuclides, the new ice-core timescale is found to be in
alignment with the IntCal20 curve (Reimer et al., 2020).
Funder
Carlsbergfondet Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
Subject
Paleontology,Stratigraphy,Global and Planetary Change
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