The Accumulation Record from the GISP2 Core as an Indicator of Climate Change Throughout the Holocene
- 9 December 1994
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 266 (5191), 1680-1682
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.266.5191.1680
Abstract
A depth-age scale and an accumulation history for the Holocene have been established on the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) deep core, providing the most continuously dated record of annual layer accumulation currently available. The depth-age scale was obtained with the use of various independent techniques to count annual layers in the core. An annual record of surface accumulation during the Holocene was obtained by correcting the observed layer thicknesses for flow-thinning. Fluctuations in accumulation provide a continuous and detailed record of climate variability over central Greenland during the Holocene. Climate events, including "Little Ice Age" type events, are examined.Keywords
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