Collaborative Research: Record of the Triple-oxygen Isotope and Hydrogen Isotope Composition of Ice from an Ice Core at South Pole

该项目将记录南极洲南极冰芯中水的稳定同位素比率。水同位素比测量提供了一种确定温度随时间变化的手段。 南极与南极洲的大多数其他地方不同，在最近几十年里没有变暖，但在1957年安装气象站之前，人们对这个地方的温度变化知之甚少。作为该项目的一部分进行的测量将导致更长的温度记录，至少延长40，000年，帮助我们了解控制南极气候的因素，并改善对未来南极气候变化的预测。该项目的数据对其他研究南极冰芯的研究人员至关重要，对其他科学家和公众也具有普遍意义。 数据将迅速提供给其他调查人员，并尽快公布。该项目将获得目前正在南极获得的冰芯上水的稳定同位素比率的记录。核心将达到1500米的深度和40,000年的年龄。该项目将使用激光光谱学来获得氧18/16和氘-氢比率的超高分辨率记录，以及氧17/16比率的低分辨率记录。高分辨率的测量将用于帮助确定岩芯的年代，并提供对限制积雪致密化过程的同位素扩散的估计。新的17/16测量提供了额外的限制同位素分馏由于温度依赖性的过饱和比，这会影响水的分馏过程中的液体-固体冷凝物的转变。总之，这些技术将允许在使用水的同位素比率作为代理冰盖温度，海面温度和大气环流的准确性提高。其结果将是在南极洲东部一个气候独特的地区记录十年到百年和千年尺度的气候变化，以前没有通过深冰取样。该项目将支持一名研究生，该研究生将由华盛顿大学和科罗拉多大学的教师共同指导，并将参与工作的各个方面。

This project will develop a record of the stable-isotope ratios of water from an ice core at the South Pole, Antarctica. Water-isotope ratio measurements provide a means to determine variability in temperature through time. South Pole is distinct from most other locations in Antarctica in showing no warming in recent decades, but little is known about temperature variability in this location prior to the installation of weather stations in 1957. The measurements made as part of this project will result in a much longer temperature record, extending at least 40,000 years, aiding our ability to understand what controls Antarctic climate, and improving projections of future Antarctic climate change. Data from this project will be critical to other investigators working on the South Pole ice core, and of general interest to other scientists and the public. Data will be provided rapidly to other investigators and made public as soon as possible.This project will obtain records of the stable-isotope ratios of water on the ice core currently being obtained at South Pole. The core will reach a depth of 1500 m and an age of 40,000 years. The project will use laser spectroscopy to obtain both an ultra-high-resolution record of oxygen 18/16 and deuterium-hydrogen ratios, and a lower-resolution record of oxygen 17/16 ratios. The high-resolution measurements will be used to aid in dating the core, and to provide estimates of isotope diffusion that constrain the process of firn densification. The novel 17/16 measurement provides additional constraints on the isotope fractionation due to the temperature-dependent supersaturation ratio, which affects the fractionation of water during the liquid-solid condensate transition. Together, these techniques will allow for improved accuracy in the use of the water isotope ratios as proxies for ice-sheet temperature, sea-surface temperature, and atmospheric circulation. The result will be a record of decadal through centennial and millennial scale climate change in a climatically distinct region in East Antarctica that has not been previously sampled by deep ice coring. The project will support a graduate student who will be co-advised by faculty at the University of Washington and the University of Colorado, and will be involved in all aspects of the work.