European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica

Fig. 17.31 The history of temperature fluctuations based on the isotope composition of oxygen and hydrogen in the ice core drilled by the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) at Concordia Station on Dome C (75°06 S, 123°21 SE) is closely correlated with the concentrations of carbon dioxide in the ice, both of which can be indexed to the marine isotope stages in Fig. 17.30. The correlation of these parameters confirms the scope of the chmate fluctuations which include nine cold spells that terminated abruptly during the Pleistocene Epoch (i.e., Tj-Tjj, etc.). The temperature profile (black curve) is based on measurements of 6D and was plotted on the EDC3...

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