Advances in Earth Science ›› 2021, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (2): 172-184. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2021.012

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Preliminary Study on Air Temperature Records from 1712 to 2001 Revealed by LGB69 Ice Core in East Antarctica

Ziyang ZHANG 1 , 2( ), Ming YAN 1( ), Robert MULVANEY 3, Junfeng JI 2, Cunde XIAO 4, Leibao LIU 1, Chunlei AN 1   

  1. 1.Polar Research Institute of China,Shanghai 200136,China
    2.Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemistry,Ministry of Education,Nanjing University,Nanjing 210023,China
    3.British Antarctic Survey,High Cross,Madingley Road,Cambridge CB3 0ET,UK
    4.Northwest Institue of Eco-Environment and Resources,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Lanzhou 730000,China
  • Received:2020-07-25 Revised:2021-01-05 Online:2021-06-25 Published:2021-04-19
  • Contact: Ming YAN E-mail:zhzyang@139.com;mingyan@pric.org.cn
  • About author:ZHANG Ziyang (1991-), male, Zhongshan County, Guangdong Province, Master student. Research areas include polar environmental geochemistry. E-mail: zhzyang@139.com
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China "Volcanism recorded in polar ice cores and its effects on climate"(41676192)

Ziyang ZHANG, Ming YAN, Robert MULVANEY, Junfeng JI, Cunde XIAO, Leibao LIU, Chunlei AN. Preliminary Study on Air Temperature Records from 1712 to 2001 Revealed by LGB69 Ice Core in East Antarctica[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2021, 36(2): 172-184.

Antarctic ice core is an ideal paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental carrier, which records the past variations of various parameters such as air temperature, precipitation and their major factors, e.g. solar activity, volcanism. High-resolution geochemical analyses of LGB69 ice core, East Antarctica show that Based on the combination of seasonal variations of δ18O and Na+ with volcanic eruption markers, LGB69 ice core is dated to 290 a (A.D.1712-A.D.2001)±2 a through annual layer counting, with a high average annual accumulation rate of 259 mm w.e./a; Five-year moving average (A.D.1968-A.D.2001) of δ18O of LGB69 ice core has good positive correlation with that of temperature departure at adjacent Davis Station, indicating that δ18O is an effective proxy for air temperature. Air temperature from A.D.1712 to A.D.2001 in LGB69 region is a process of fluctuating warming, which can be divided into four stages. The average annual value of 5-year moving average temperature departure is 0.43 ℃ higher than that of last cold stage in the Little Ice Age which ended in A.D.1914; By Morlet wavelet analysis, both δ18O (air temperature) and accumulation rate (precipitation) of LGB69 ice core from A.D.1712 to A.D.2001 present ca. 11-year, ca. 22-year and ca. 60-year cycles. Multinest of cycles for δ18O, accumulation rate of LGB69 ice core implies its sensitivity to climate change. The above-mentioned results build up a good basis for further research on the reconstruction of temporal variations in air temperature and precipitation and the effects of factors such as solar activity, volcanism on climate change in Antarctica.

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