Drilling, processing and first results for Mount Johns ice core in West Antarctica Ice Sheet

ABSTRACT: An ice core, 92.26 m in length, was collected near the ice divide of the West Antarctica ice sheet during the 2008/2009 austral summer. This paper described the fieldwork at the Mount Johns site (79º55'S; 94º23'W) and presented the first results of the upper 45.00 m record covering approximately 125 years (1883 - 2008), dated by annual layer counting and volcanic reference horizons. Trace element concentrations in 2,137 samples were determined using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The concentrations obtained for Al, Ba, Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Sr and Ti are controlled by climate variations, the transport distance, and the natural sources of these aerosols. Natural dust contributions, mainly derived from the arid areas of Patagonia and Australia, are important sources for aluminum, barium, iron, manganese and titanium. Marine aerosols from sea ice and transported by air masses are important sources of sodium and magnesium. Calcium, potassium and strontium showed considerable inputs of both continental dust and marine aerosols.

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Main Authors:	Schwanck,Franciele, Simões,Jefferson Cardia, Handley,Michael, Mayewski,Paul Andrew, Bernardo,Ronaldo Torma, Aquino,Francisco Eliseu
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia 2016
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-48892016000100029
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