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Articles | Volume 14, issue 5
Articles | Volume 14, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-637-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-637-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 14, issue 5
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23 May 2018
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Aromatic acids in an Arctic ice core from Svalbard: a proxy record of biomass burning

Mackenzie M. Grieman, Murat Aydin, Elisabeth Isaksson, Margit Schwikowski, and Eric S. Saltzman

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-637-2018-supplement

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Mackenzie Grieman. 2018. Ice core vanillic acid and para-hydroxybenzoic acid concentrations, Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard. Arctic Data Center. Mackenzie M. Grieman, Eric S. Saltzman https://doi.org/10.18739/A2Q57

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This study presents organic acid levels in an ice core from Svalbard over the past 800 years. These acids are produced from wildfire emissions and transported as aerosol. Organic acid levels are high early in the record and decline until the 20th century. Siberia and Europe are likely the primary source regions of the fire emissions. The data are similar to those from a Siberian ice core prior to 1400 CE. The timing of the divergence after 1400 CE is similar to a shift in North Atlantic climate.
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