Extending the Vostok ice-core record of palaeoclimate to the penultimate glacial period

J. Jouzel; N. I. Barkov; J. M. Barnola; M. Bender; J. Chappellaz; C. Genthon; V. M. Kotlyakov; V. Lipenkov; C. Lorius; J. R. Petit; D. Raynaud; G. Raisbeck; C. Ritz; T. Sowers; M. Stievenard; F. Yiou; P. Yiou

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Extending the Vostok ice-core record of palaeoclimate to the penultimate glacial period

J. Jouzel, N. I. Barkov, J. M. Barnola, M. Bender, J. Chappellaz, C. Genthon, V. M. Kotlyakov, V. Lipenkov, C. Lorius, J. R. Petit, D. Raynaud, G. Raisbeck, C. Ritz, T. Sowers, M. Stievenard, F. Yiou, P. Yiou

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The ice-core record of local temperature, dust accumulation and air composition at Vostok station, Antarctica, now extends back to the penultimate glacial period (∼140-200 kyr ago) and the end of the preceding interglacial. This yields a new glaciological timescale for the whole record, which is consistent with ocean records. Temperatures at Vostok appear to have been more uniformly cold in the penultimate glacial period than in the most recent one. Concentrations of CO₂ and CH₄ correlate well with temperature throughout the record.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	407-412
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nature
Volume	364
Issue number	6436
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/364407a0
State	Published - 1993

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Jouzel, J., Barkov, N. I., Barnola, J. M., Bender, M., Chappellaz, J., Genthon, C., Kotlyakov, V. M., Lipenkov, V., Lorius, C., Petit, J. R., Raynaud, D., Raisbeck, G., Ritz, C., Sowers, T., Stievenard, M., Yiou, F., & Yiou, P. (1993). Extending the Vostok ice-core record of palaeoclimate to the penultimate glacial period. Nature, 364(6436), 407-412. https://doi.org/10.1038/364407a0

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