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Cryptotephra in the East Antarctic Mount Brown South ice core
Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Physics of Ice, Climate, and Earth, Niels Bohr Insitute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Canadian Ice Core Lab, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Jodi Fox
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Department of Geology and Paleontology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan
Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Helle Astrid Kjær
Physics of Ice, Climate, and Earth, Niels Bohr Insitute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Tessa R. Vance
Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Anders Svensson
Physics of Ice, Climate, and Earth, Niels Bohr Insitute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Eliza Cook
Physics of Ice, Climate, and Earth, Niels Bohr Insitute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Editorial statement
This manuscript introduces an innovative method for identifying cryptotephra in Antarctic ice cores, which could lead to significant new findings at Mount Brown South (MBS) and throughout Antarctica. The manuscript describes the identification of two new cryptotephra horizons in the MBS ice core from Wilhelm II Land in Antarctica. These cryptotephra originate from the mid-1980s eruptive period of Mt. Erebus and the cataclysmic 1991 eruption of Cerro Hudson. These two tephra horizons are an important addition to the East Antarctic tephrochronological framework. The findings of this study challenge previous assumptions about transport trajectories and pathways and satellite-era ice core chronologies, offering new insights into atmospheric circulation dynamics.
This manuscript introduces an innovative method for identifying cryptotephra in Antarctic ice...
Short summary
The ~300 m Mount Brown South ice core (MBS) was drilled in coastal East Antarctica in 2017-2018. Here, we combine atmospheric modeling, ice core chemistry, and eruption records to sample a ~20 m MBS companion core for volcanic ash. We identified two ash layers, geochemically correlated with eruptions of Mt. Erebus (1985) and Cerro Hudson (1991). This study proves long-range transport of ash to East Antarctica, validating MBS as an untapped record of high latitude Southern Hemisphere volcanism.
The ~300 m Mount Brown South ice core (MBS) was drilled in coastal East Antarctica in 2017-2018....
