Ice Cores from the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon, Canada
Their Significance for Climate, Atmospheric Composition and Volcanism in the North Pacific Region
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18091752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Zdanowicz (0000-0002-1045-5063), David Fisher (0000-0002-0719-1765), Jocelyne Bourgeois, Mike Demuth, James Zheng, Paul Mayewski, Paul A Mayewski (0000-0002-3360-763X), K J Kreutz (0000-0003-1881-2341), Karl Kreutz, E C Osterberg (0000-0002-0675-1230), Erich Osterberg, Kaplan Yalcin, Cameron P Wake (0000-0002-5961-5902), Cameron Wake, Eric J Steig (0000-0002-8191-5549), Duane Froese (0000-0003-1032-5944), Kumiko Goto‐Azuma (0000-0003-0992-1079), Kumiko Goto-Azuma |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 35 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ARCTIC (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-0843 • E-ISSN: 1923-1245 |
| Publisher | The Arctic Institute of North America (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14430/arctic4352 |
| OpenAlex | W2104912876 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 21 |
A major achievement in research supported by the Kluane Lake Research Station was the recovery, in 2001 – 02, of a suite of cores from the icefields of the central St. Elias Mountains, Yukon, by teams of researchers from Canada, the United States, and Japan. This project led to the development of parallel, long (103 – 104 year) ice-core records of climate and atmospheric change over an altitudinal range of more than 2 km, from the Eclipse Icefield (3017 m) to the ice-covered plateau of Mt. Logan (5340 m). These efforts built on earlier work recovering single ice cores in this region. Comparison of these records has allowed for variations in climate and atmospheric composition to be linked with changes in the vertical structure and dynamics of the North Pacific atmosphere, providing a unique perspective on these changes over the Holocene. Owing to their privileged location, cores from the St. Elias Icefields also contain a remarkably detailed record of aerosols from various sources around or across the North Pacific. In this paper we review major scientific findings from the study of St. Elias Mountain ice cores, focusing on five main themes: (1) The record of stable water isotopes (δ18O, δD), which has unique characteristics that differ from those of Greenland, other Arctic ice cores, and even among sites in the St. Elias; (2) the snow accumulation history; (3) the record of pollen, biomass burning aerosol, and desert dust deposition; (4) the record of long-range air pollutant deposition (sulphate and lead); and (5) the record of paleo-volcanism. Our discussion draws on studies published since 2000, but based on older ice cores from the St. Elias Mountains obtained in 1980 and 1996
Arctic · Atmospheric Circulation · Climatology · Earth science · Geography · Geomorphology · Holocene · Ice core · Ice sheet · Physical geography · Snow · Climate change and permafrost · Cryospheric studies and observations · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Oceanography
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Potential Alteration by Climate Change of the Forest-Fire Regime in the Boreal Forest of Central Yukon Territory
Effects of the White River Ash Event and Climate Change on Aquatic Ecosystems in the Southwest Yukon
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A 1000-yr record of forest fire activity from Eclipse Icefield, Yukon, Canada
Holocene development of Boreal forests and fire regimes on the Kenai Lowlands of Alaska
Carbon sequestration in western Canadian peat highly sensitive to Holocene wet-dry climate cycles at millennial timescales
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The Mt Logan Holocene—late Wisconsinan isotope record
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2017 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |