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30,000 Years of Cosmic Dust in Antarctic Ice
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Abstract
Polar ice provides an archive for the influx of cosmic dust. Here, we present a high-resolution, glacial-to-interglacial record of cosmic dust using helium isotope analysis of the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) ice core drilled in Dronning Maud Land. We obtained a relatively constant 3He flux over the past 30,000 years. This finding excludes 3He as a pacemaker of late Pleistocene glacial cycles. Rather, it supports 3He as a constant flux parameter in paleoclimatic studies. A last glacial-to-Holocene shift of the 4He/non-sea salt Ca2+ ratio appears to indicate a glacial-to-interglacial change in the terrestrial dust source.
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Helmholtz Research Programs > MARCOPOLI (2004-2008) > New Themes
Helmholtz Research Programs > MARCOPOLI (2004-2008) > NEW KEYS - New keys to polar climate archives
Helmholtz Research Programs > MARCOPOLI (2004-2008) > NEW KEYS - New keys to polar climate archives
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https://www.doi.org/10.1126/science.1127469
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Winckler, G.
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Fischer, H.
(2006):
30,000 Years of Cosmic Dust in Antarctic Ice
,
Science,
313
(5786),
p. 491
.
doi: https://www.doi.org/10.1126/science.1127469
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