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Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-173-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-173-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
Research article
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21 Jan 2026
Research article |  | 21 Jan 2026

A continuous 6000 a age depth relationship for the remainder of the Weißseespitze summit glacier based on 39Ar and 14C dating

David Wachs, Azzurra Spagnesi, Pascal Bohleber, Andrea Fischer, Martin Stocker-Waldhuber, Alexander Junkermann, Carl Kindermann, Linus Langenbacher, Niclas Mandaric, Joshua Marks, Florian Meienburg, Theo M. Jenk, Markus K. Oberthaler, and Werner Aeschbach

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This study presents an age profile of the summit glacier of Weißseespitze in the Austrian Alps. The ages were obtained by combining 14C dating with the novel atom trap trace analysis for 39Ar. The data was used to constrain glacier age models. The results show that the surface ice is ~400 a old due to recent ice loss. The remaining ice continuously covers ages up to 6000 a. This work underscores the utility of 39Ar dating in glaciology, enabling precise reconstruction of age-depth relationships.
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