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law_dome_700yr_ion_chem

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Citation
Curran, M. and van Ommen, T. (2012) 700 Years of Ice Core Major Ion Chemistry Data from Law Dome, Antarctica, Ver. 2, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/5bee3f9a91e56, Accessed: 2026-06-10
Title
700 Years of Ice Core Major Ion Chemistry Data from Law Dome, Antarctica
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.26179/5bee3f9a91e56
Created Date
2011-02-16
Revision Date
2018-11-16
Expected Date of Data Release
2012-07-06
Data Version
2
Parent record
ASAC_757

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    Description

    A compilation of 700 years of Law Dome major ion chemistry data, recorded from 3 ice cores; DSS97, DSS99, DSS main.

    This work was completed as part of ASAC project 757 (ASAC_757).

    Species which have been the subject of publication and could be made available after consultation:

    Species, Period (AD), Resolution, Comments
    SO4, 1301-1995, Fine (full)
    NO3, 1888-1995, Fine (full), full 700 year annuals used by Mayewski solar-polar paper in preparation
    (Ca,K,Mg,Na,NO3,SO4,Cl), 1301-1995, Annual
    MSA, 1841-1995, Annual
    Na, 1301-1995, Fine (full)
    Na, 1301-1995, Annual
    non-sea-salt SO4 (nss SO4), 1301-1995, Annual, Uses a calculated SO4 fractionation % to correct the seawater ratio (due to fractionation at the source). Corrected ratio 0.087 (using uEq/L). There are still 'negative' values and some zero's - this data has not been 'cleaned'. If you need to use this, please contact Mark Curran for help.

    An updated copy of this dataset was submitted to the Australian Antarctic Data Centre in early July of 2012.

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    Quality

    The cores were dated using multi-species annual layer counting and combined into one record (see Palmer et al., JGR 106, 2001)

    The dating scale is known as LD1 (see Ultra-high-resolution seasonality of trace-ion species and oxygen isotope ratios in Antarctic firn over four annual cycles
    Alison Mcmorrow, Tas D. Van Ommen, Vin Morgan, Mark A. J. Curran
    https://doi.org/10.3189/172756404781814609)

    This dating scale has been updated in May 2007 to add one year around Tambora region - it is the latest and best dating as of September 2010

    The dates provided in temporal coverage are approximate only and cover the span of years over which the ice cores were collected.

    Access

    These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -66.7
    Southernmost:
    -66.76

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    112.8
    Easternmost:
    112.86

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • MSA
    • Law Dome
    • ion chemistry

    Locations

    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

    Platforms

    • LABORATORY
    • FIELD INVESTIGATION

    Instruments

    • CORING DEVICES

    Researchers

    • curran, mark (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
    • van ommen, tas (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
    • anderson, jason (DIF AUTHOR)

    Use Constraints

    Please also note that various analyses are still in progress and the data are still subject to joint ownership by the Australian Antarctic Division Group and Paul Mayewski's group at University of Maine. The data should not be distributed further without consultation.

    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=law_dome_700yr_ion_chem when using these data.

    Project

      ISO Topic

      • CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

      Dataset Language

      • ENGLISH

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

      • AMD/AU
      • CEOS
      • AMD
      • ACE/CRC

      Publications

      • Anne S. Palmer, Tas D. van Ommen, A. J. Curran, Mark, Vin Morgan, Joe M. Souney, and Paul A. Mayewski. (2001) High precision dating of volcanic events (A.D. 1301-1995) using ice cores from Law Dome, Antarctica., J. Geophys. Res., 106(D22), 28,089-28,096
      • Anne S. Palmer, Tas D. van Ommen, Mark A. J. Curran, and Vin Morgan. (2001) Ice-core evidence for a small solar-source of atmospheric nitrate., Geophys. Res. Lett., 28(10), 1953-1956
      • Anne S. Palmer, Vin Morgan, Mark A. J. Curran, Tas D. van Ommen, and Paul A. Mayewski. (2002) Antarctic volcanic flux ratios from Law Dome ice cores., Ann. Glaciol., 35, 329-332
      • Souney, J. M., Mayewski, P. A., Goodwin, I. D., Meeker, L. D., Morgan, V., Curran, M. A. J., van Ommen, T. D., and Palmer, A. S. (2002) A 700-year record of atmospheric circulation developed from the Law Dome ice core, East Antarctica., J. Geophys. Res., 107(D22), 4608, doi:10.1029/2002JD002104
      • Mark A. J. Curran, Tas D. van Ommen, Vin I. Morgan, Katrina L. Phillips and Anne S. Palmer. (2003) Ice Core Evidence for Antarctic Sea Ice Decline Since the 1950s, Science, 302, 1203-1206
      • I. D. Goodwin, T. D. van Ommen M. A. J. Curran and P. A. Mayewski. (2004) Mid latitude climate variability in the south Indian and south-west Pacific regions since 1300 AD., Climate Dynamics., 22(8), 783-794, DOI 10.1007/s00382-004-0403-3
      • P. A. Mayewski, K. A. Maasch, J. W. C. White, E. J. Steig, E. Meyerson, I. Goodwin, V.I. Morgan, T. D. van Ommen, M.A.J. Curran, J. Souney and K. Kreutz. (2004) A 700 Year Record of Southern Hemisphere Extratropical Climate Variability., Ann. Glaciol., 39(1), 127-132, DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814249

      Metadata Revision History

        2011-03-01 - record created by Jason Anderson on behalf of Mark Curran. 2011-10-10 - record updated by Dave Connell to add parent DIF. 2012-07-09 - record updated by Dave Connell after an updated dataset was provided by Jason Anderson. 2012-11-07 - record updated by Dave Connell to correct dodgy characters. 2018-11-16 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

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