Metadata details
AAS_4061_Law_Dome_sulphate
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- Citation
- Moy, A. (2016) An independently dated 2000-year volcanic record from Law Dome, East Antarctica, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/57468B2737F31, Accessed: 2026-07-28
- Title
- An independently dated 2000-year volcanic record from Law Dome, East Antarctica
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/57468B2737F31
- Created Date
- 2016-03-23
- Revision Date
- 2025-09-16
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
These data were collected from the drilling site at Dome Summit South (DSS) on Law Dome in East Antarctica. The DSS site is on Law Dome, a prominent ice dome located about 120 km from Casey Station. The site receives a high rate of snow accumulation which helps create a very detailed climate record.
The Law_Dome_sulphate_data record is the volcanic sulphate (non sea-salt sulphate) record for the "DSS" Law Dome ice core with extensions (e.g. as described in Plummer et al., 2012) from overlapping ice cores which are dated by comparing multiple chemical species.
Purpose
The Law_Dome_sulphate_data record spans 2010 C.E. to -22 C.E and non sea-salt sulphate measurements were completed using analysis methods described by Palmer et al. (2001).
Quality
The dates in temporal coverage are approximate only - they represent the approximate dates over which the sulphate data were collected and calculated.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2012-01-01 - Stop date: 2015-12-31
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE
- EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > VOLCANIC ACTIVITY > VOLCANO OCCURRENCES
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > SULFATE PARTICLES
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > SULFUR COMPOUNDS > SULFATE
- EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > PALEOCLIMATE INDICATORS > ICE CORE RECORDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > PALEOCLIMATE INDICATORS > ICE CORE RECORDS > VOLCANIC DEPOSITS
Additional Keywords
- Law Dome
- Sulphate
Locations
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > LAW DOME
Platforms
- LABORATORY
Instruments
- ION CHROMATOGRAPHS
- CORING DEVICES
Researchers
- moy, andrew (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
Use Constraints
Acknowledge the use of specific records from contributing databases in the form appearing in Plummer, C. T., Curran, M. A. J., van Ommen, T. D., Rasmussen, S. O., Moy, A. D., Vance, T. R., Clausen, H. B., Vinther, B. M., and Mayewski, P. A., 2012. An independently dated 2000-yr volcanic record from Law Dome, East Antarctica, including a new perspective on the dating of the c. 1450s eruption of Kuwae, Vanuatu, Climate Past Discussions, 8(3): 1567-1590; and acknowledge the use of the OBIS facility.
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_4061_Law_Dome_sulphate when using these data.
