Toward using borehole temperatures to calibrate an isotopic paleothermometer in central Greenland

Kurt M. Cuffey; Richard B. Alley; Pieter M. Grootes; Sridhar Anandakrishnan

doi:10.1016/0921-8181(92)90042-9

Toward using borehole temperatures to calibrate an isotopic paleothermometer in central Greenland

Kurt M. Cuffey, Richard B. Alley, Pieter M. Grootes, Sridhar Anandakrishnan

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Analysis of borehole temperatures in ice sheets can improve the accuracy of isotopic paleothermometry by making possible independent calibrations of isotope-temperature relations. Here we present a preliminary calibration of the δ¹⁸O paleothermometer for central Greenland. A numerical thermal model converts isotope-derived surface-temperature histories to temperature-depth profiles. Comparison with measured borehole temperatures allows calibration of the paleothermometer using formal inverse techniques.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	265-268
Number of pages	4
Journal	Global and Planetary Change
Volume	6
Issue number	2-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0921-8181(92)90042-9
State	Published - Dec 1992

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Global and Planetary Change
Oceanography

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Toward using borehole temperatures to calibrate an isotopic paleothermometer in central Greenland

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