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abstract: This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Ice Core. The data include parameters of ice cores with a geographic location of Peru. The time period coverage is from 1480 to -34 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.
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supplementalInformation: STUDY NOTES: Additional References: Thompson, L.G., E. Mosley-Thompson and Benjamin Morales Arnao. 1984. Major El Nino/Southern Oscillation events recorded in stratigraphy of the tropical Quelccaya Ice Cap. Science, 226 (4670), 50-52. Thompson, L. G., E. Mosley-Thompson, J. F. Bolzan and B. R. Koci. 1985. A 1500 year record of tropical precipitation recorded in ice cores from the Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru. Science, 229(4717), 971-973 ABSTRACT SUPPLIED BY ORIGINATOR: The objective of this work is to evaluate the potential of tropical glaciers and ice caps for the reconstruction of past climatic conditions by the analysis of firn and ice cores. Samples were collected in pits and from cores retrieved on three snow fields in the South American Andes: Quelccaya Ice Cap and Huascarán in Peru and Chimborazo in Ecuador. These are compared with results from west Africa and Indonesia. Measurements include the microparticle concentration, oxygen isotopic abundance ratios, and total beta radioactivity, which in polar regions often exhibit seasonal depositional cycles. Annual variations in these three parameters are fairly well defined on Quelccaya and Huascarán and are apparently absent on Chimborazo. The Quelccaya Ice Cap contains the best preserved annual signal for all three parameters and, although in some instances the annual cycle is difficult to distinguish, the measurement of more than one stratigraphic parameter aids in the interpretation of the firn core records. The relatively flat bottom topography under Quelccaya suggests a simple ice flow regime, and depth-age calculations indicate that an ice core to bedrock should contain a record of 600 to 1300 years. This inference was confirmed by drilling to bedrock in 1983. This investigation of tropical glaciers indicates that the Quelccaya Ice Cap on the eastern edge of the Peruvian Andes has excellent potential to contain a lengthy and interpretable record of climatic conditions within the tropics of South America.
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