# Vostok - Isotope and Gas Data and Temperature Reconstruction #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, Boulder # and # NOAA Paleoclimatology Program # National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # Template Version 4.0 # Encoding: UTF-8 # NOTE: Please cite original publication, NOAA Landing Page URL, dataset and publication DOIs (where available), and date accessed when using downloaded data. If there is no publication information, please cite investigator, study title, NOAA Landing Page URL, and date accessed. # # Description/Documentation lines begin with # # Data lines have no # # # NOAA_Landing_Page: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/2453 # Landing_Page_Description: NOAA Landing Page of this file's parent study, which includes all study metadata. # # Study_Level_JSON_Metadata: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/json/noaa-icecore-2453.json # Study_Level_JSON_Description: JSON metadata of this data file's parent study, which includes all study metadata. # # Data_Type: Ice cores # # Dataset_DOI: 10.25921/kcry-ae86 # # Science_Keywords: Air Temperature Reconstruction #-------------------- # Resource_Links # # Data_Download_Resource: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/vostok/co2nat-noaa.txt # Data_Download_Description: NOAA Template File; Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Data # #-------------------- # Contribution_Date # Date: 2001-11-01 #-------------------- # File_Last_Modified_Date # Date: 2022-07-28 #-------------------- # Title # Study_Name: Vostok - Isotope and Gas Data and Temperature Reconstruction #-------------------- # Investigators # Investigators: Petit, J.-R.; Jouzel, J.; Raynaud, D.; Barkov, N.I.; Barnola, J.M.; Basile, I.; Bender, M.L.; Chappellaz, J.A.; Davis, M.; Delaygue, G.; Delmotte, M.; Kotlyakov, V.M.; Legrand, M.; Lipenkov, V.Y.; Lorius, C.; Pépin, L.; Ritz, C.; Saltzman, E.S.; Stievenard, M. #-------------------- # Description_Notes_and_Keywords # Description: #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Petit, J.-R., J. Jouzel, D. Raynaud, N.I. Barkov, J.-M. Barnola, I. Basile, M. Bender, J. Chappellaz, M. Davis, G. Delaygue, M. Delmotte, V.M. Kotlyakov, M. Legrand, V. Lipenkov, C. Lorius, L. Pépin, C. Ritz, E. Saltzman, and M. Stievenard # Published_Date_or_Year: 1999-06-03 # Published_Title: Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok Ice Core, Antarctica # Journal_Name: Nature # Volume: 399 # Edition: # Issue: # Pages: 429–436 # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.1038/20859 # Publication_Place: # Publisher: # ISBN: # Online_Resource: # Other_Reference_Details: # Full_Citation: # Abstract: The recent completion of drilling at Vostok station in East Antarctica has allowed the extension of the ice record of atmospheric composition and climate to the past four glacial–interglacial cycles. The succession of changes through each climate cycle and termination was similar, and atmospheric and climate properties oscillated between stable bounds. Interglacial periods differed in temporal evolution and duration. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane correlate well with Antarctic air-temperature throughout the record. Present-day atmospheric burdens of these two important greenhouse gases seem to have been unprecedented during the past 420,000 years. #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Barnola, J.-M., D. Raynaud, Y.S. Korotkevich, C. Lorius # Published_Date_or_Year: 1987-10-01 # Published_Title: Vostok ice core provides 160,000-year record of atmospheric CO2 # Journal_Name: Nature # Volume: 329 # Edition: # Issue: # Pages: 408-414 # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.1038/329408a0 # Publication_Place: # Publisher: # ISBN: # Online_Resource: # Other_Reference_Details: # Full_Citation: # Abstract: Direct evidence of past atmospheric CO2 changes has been extended to the past 160,000 years from the Vostok ice core. These changes are most notably an inherent phenomenon of change between glacial and interglacial periods. Besides this major 100,000-year cycle, the CO2 record seems to exhibit a cyclic change with a period of some 21,000 years. #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Barnola, J.-M., P. Pimienta, D. Raynaud, Y.S. Korotkevich # Published_Date_or_Year: 1991 # Published_Title: CO2 climate relationship as deduced from the Vostok ice core: a re-examination based on new measurements and on a re-evaluation of the air dating # Journal_Name: Tellus # Volume: 43B # Edition: # Issue: 2 # Pages: 83-90 # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v43i2.15249 # Publication_Place: # Publisher: # ISBN: # Online_Resource: # Other_Reference_Details: # Full_Citation: # Abstract: Interpretation of the past CO2 variations recorded in polar ice during the large climatic transitions requires an accurate determination of the airice age difference. For the Vostok core, the age differences resulting from different assumptions on the firn densification process are compared and a new procedure is proposed to date the air trapped in this core. The penultimate deglaciation is studied on the basis of this new air dating and new CO2 measurements. These measurements and results obtained on other ice cores indicate that at the beginning of the deglaciations, the CO2 increase is either in phase or lags by less than about 1000 years with respect to the Antarctic temperature, while it clearly lags the temperature at the onset of the last glaciation. #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Chappellaz, J., J.-M. Barnola, D. Raynaud, Y.S. Korotkevich, C. Lorius # Published_Date_or_Year: 1990-05-10 # Published_Title: Ice-core record of atmospheric methane over the past 160,000 years # Journal_Name: Nature # Volume: 345 # Edition: # Issue: # Pages: 127-131 # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.1038/345127a0 # Publication_Place: # Publisher: # ISBN: # Online_Resource: # Other_Reference_Details: # Full_Citation: # Abstract: Methane measurements along the Vostok ice core reveal substantial changes over the past 160,000 years which are associated with climate fluctuations. These results point to changes in sources of methane and also show that methane has probably contributed, like carbon dioxide, to glacial-interglacial temperature changes. #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Jouzel J., C. Lorius, J.-R. Petit, C. Genthon, N.I. Barkov, V.M. Kotlyakov, V.M. Petrov # Published_Date_or_Year: 1987-10-01 # Published_Title: Vostok ice core: a continuous isotope temperature record over the last climatic cycle (160,000 years) # Journal_Name: Nature # Volume: 329 # Edition: # Issue: # Pages: 403-408 # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.1038/329403a0 # Publication_Place: # Publisher: # ISBN: # Online_Resource: # Other_Reference_Details: # Full_Citation: # Abstract: A continuous deuterium profile along the 160,000-year Vostok ice core (Antarctica) is interpreted in terms of atmospheric temperature changes. This climatic record is the awaited terrestrial complement of the deep-sea records supporting the existence of a relation between the Pleistocene climate and orbital forcing. #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Jouzel J., 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 # Published_Date_or_Year: 1993-07-29 # Published_Title: Extending the Vostok ice-core record of paleoclimate to the penultimate glacial period # Journal_Name: Nature # Volume: 364 # Edition: # Issue: # Pages: 407-412 # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.1038/364407a0 # Publication_Place: # Publisher: # ISBN: # Online_Resource: # Other_Reference_Details: # Full_Citation: # Abstract: 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. #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Jouzel J., C. Waelbroeck, B. Malaizé, M. Bender, J.-R. Petit, N.I. Barkov, J.-M. Barnola, T. King, V.M. Kotlyakov, V. Lipenkov, C. Lorius, D. Raynaud, C. Ritz, T. Sowers # Published_Date_or_Year: 1996-06-01 # Published_Title: Climatic interpretation of the recently extended Vostok ice records # Journal_Name: Climate Dynamics # Volume: 12 # Edition: # Issue: # Pages: 513-521 # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.1007/BF00207935 # Publication_Place: # Publisher: # ISBN: # Online_Resource: # Other_Reference_Details: # Full_Citation: # Abstract: A new ice core drilled at the Russian station of Vostok in Antarctica reached 2755 m depth in September 1993. At this depth, the glaciological time scale provides an age of 260 ky BP (±25). We refine this estimate using records of dust and deuterium in the ice and of δ18O of O2 in the entrapped air. δ18O of O2 is highly correlated with insolation over the last two climatic cycles if one assumes that the EGT chronology overestimates the increase of age with depth by 12% for ages older than 112 ky BP. This modified age-depth scale gives an age of 244 ky BP at 2755 m depth and agrees well with the age-depth scale of Walbroeck et al. (in press) derived by orbital tuning of the Vostok δD record. We discuss the temperature interpretation of this latter record accounting for the influence of the origin of the ice and using information derived from deuterium-excess data. We conclude that the warmest period of stage 7 was likely as warm as today in Antarctica. A remarkable feature of the Vostok record is the high level of similarity of proxy temperature records for the last two climatic cycles (stages 6 and 7 versus stages 1–5). This similarity has no equivalent in other paleorecords. #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Legrand M., C. Lorius, N.I. Barkov, V.N. Petrov # Published_Date_or_Year: 1988 # Published_Title: Vostok (Antarctica) ice core: atmospheric chemistry changes over the last climatic cycle (160,000 years) # Journal_Name: Atmospheric Environment # Volume: 22 # Edition: # Issue: 2 # Pages: 317-331 # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.1016/0004-6981(88)90037-6 # Publication_Place: # Publisher: # ISBN: # Online_Resource: # Other_Reference_Details: # Full_Citation: # Abstract: A 2083 m deep ice core from Vostok Station (East Antarctica) has been used for a comprehensive study of all major ions (i.e. Na+, NH4+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, H+, Cl−, NO3− and SO42− originating from aerosols deposited over the last climatic cycle (160,000 a), as depicted from the isotopic composition of the ice. For the first time in deep ice core studies, a good balance between anions and cations is obtained throughout the profile. This allows the clear identification of marine salts (i.e. sea salt and Na2SO4), terrestrial salts (calcium and magnesium associated with nitrates and sulfates) and strong mineral acids (HNO3, H2SO4 and HCl). Concentration profiles confirm that both marine and terrestrial aerosol inputs were higher during cold climatic conditions (from 110 to 15 ka B.P.) than during the Last Interglacial (centered around 130 ka B.P.) and the Holocene (the last 10,000 a) stages. High concentration peaks (up to 5 and 30 times the Holocene values of marine and terrestrial contents, respectively) are in particular observed during the very cold climate characterizing the end of the penultimate glacial age (~ 160 ka B.P.) and the Last Glacial Maximum which terminated around 15 ka B.P. These peaks reflect strengthened sources and transport during full glacial conditions, linked to higher wind speeds, more extensive arid areas on the continents and the greater exposure of continental shelves. More generally, marine and terrestrial aerosol concentrations measured in ice are strongly affected by climatic conditions of global (source strength and atmospheric transport efficiency) and local (rate of snow accumulation) concern. As opposed to marine and terrestrial inputs, acidic gas-derived impurity concentrations (HNO3, H2SO4) remain relatively stable over the whole climatic cycle. In particular there is no correlation between observed H2SO4 fluctuations and the isotope-temperature profile. This would indicate the absence of a long-term relationship between volcanism and climate. The mineral acid contribution represents a large part (over 50%) of ice impurities deposited during interglacial periods. For glacial ice the contribution of marine and terrestrial salts becomes preponderant (up to 75% of total soluble impurities). During interglacial stages and the relatively warm periods of the Last Glacial Age, significant quantities of either Na2SO4 or HCl are found, possibly resulting from marine aerosol alteration during atmospheric transport from sea sources towards Antarctica. On the other hand, the Cl/Nam ratio values indicate the presence of non-fractionated marine aerosols during full glacial conditions, confirming faster transport from sea sources towards Antarctica. #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Lorius C., J. Jouzel, C. Ritz, L. Merlivat, N.I. Barkov, Y.S. Korotkevitch, V.M. Kotlyakov # Published_Date_or_Year: 1985-08-01 # Published_Title: A 150,000-year climatic record from Antarctic ice # Journal_Name: Nature # Volume: 316 # Edition: # Issue: # Pages: 591-596 # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.1038/316591a0 # Publication_Place: # Publisher: # ISBN: # Online_Resource: # Other_Reference_Details: # Full_Citation: # Abstract: During much of the Quaternary, the Earth's climate has undergone drastic changes most notably successive glacial and interglacial episodes. The past 150 kyr includes such a climatic cycle: the last interglacial, the last glacial and the present holocene interglacial. A new climatic–time series for this period has been obtained using δ18 O data from an Antarctic ice core. #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Petit J.-R., L. Mourner, J. Jouzel, Y. Korotkevitch, V. Kotlyakov, C. Lorius # Published_Date_or_Year: 1990-01-04 # Published_Title: Paleoclimatological implications of the Vostok core dust record # Journal_Name: Nature # Volume: 343 # Edition: # Issue: # Pages: 56-58 # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.1038/343056a0 # Publication_Place: # Publisher: # ISBN: # Online_Resource: # Other_Reference_Details: # Full_Citation: # Abstract: The 2,083-m Vostok ice core recovered by the Soviet Antarctic expeditions has provided much information of climatic and environmental interest, for a period covering a full glacial–interglacial cycle. Here we present and discuss the dust record obtained down to 2,202 m, the final depth to which this core was extended in 1986. First, we document the fact that major changes in aeolian deposits, as recorded in the Vostok core, appear to be of global significance and confirm the existence of a link between high-latitude aeolian deposits and the Earth's orbital parameters. Second, we propose atmospheric dust as a stratigraphic marker to compare timing with other records of palaeoclimate, and use the magnetic-susceptibility profile measured along the RC11-120 Indian Ocean core for this purpose, assuming that major dust events correspond to common aeolian inputs. This approach indicates that the Vostok and marine records were roughly in phase at the previous glacial–interglacial transition. #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Sowers T., M. Bender, L.D. Labeyrie, J. Jouzel, D. Raynaud, D. Martinson, Y.S. Korotkevich # Published_Date_or_Year: 1993-12-01 # Published_Title: 135,000 year Vostok - SPECMAP common temporal framework # Journal_Name: Paleoceanography # Volume: 8 # Edition: # Issue: 6 # Pages: 737-766 # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.1029/93PA02328 # Publication_Place: # Publisher: # ISBN: # Online_Resource: # Other_Reference_Details: # Full_Citation: # Abstract: The object of the present study is to introduce a means of comparing the Vostok and marine chronologies. Our strategy has been to use the δ18O of atmospheric O2 (denoted δ18Oatm) from the Vostok ice core as a proxy for the δ18O of seawater (denoted δ18Osw). Our underlying premise in using δ18Oatm as a proxy for δ18Osw is that past variations in δ18Osw (an indicator of continental ice volume) have been transmitted to the atmospheric O2 reservoir by photosynthesizing organisms in the surface waters of the world's oceans. We compare our record of δ18Oatm to the δ18Osw record which has been developed from studies of the isotopic composition of biogenic calcite (δ18Oforam) in deep-sea cores. We have tied our δ18Oatm record from Vostok to the SPECMAP timescale throughout the last 135 kyr by correlating δ18Oatm with a δ18Osw record from V19-30. Results of the correlation indicate that 77% of the variance is shared between these two records. We observed differences between the δ18Oatm and the δ18Osw records during the coldest periods, which indicate that there have been subtle changes in the factors which regulate δ18Oatm other than δ18Osw. Our use of δ18Oatm as a proxy for δ18Osw must therefore be considered tentative, especially during these periods. By correlating δ18Oatm with δ18Osw, we provide a common temporal framework for comparing phase relationships between atmospheric records (from ice cores) and oceanographic records constructed from deep-sea cores. Our correlated age-depth relation for the Vostok core should not be considered an absolute Vostok timescale. We consider it to be the preferred timescale for comparing Vostok climate records with marine climate records which have been placed on the SPECMAP timescale. We have examined the fidelity of this common temporal framework by comparing sea surface temperature (SST) records from sediment cores with an Antarctic temperature record from the Vostok ice core. We have demonstrated that when the southern ocean SST and Antarctic temperature records are compared on this common temporal framework, they show a high degree of similarity. We interpret this result as supporting our use of the common temporal framework for comparing other climate records from the Vostok ice core with any climate record that has been correlated into the SPECMAP chronology. #-------------------- # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: # Grant: #-------------------- # Site_Information # Site_Name: Vostok # Location: Antarctica # Northernmost_Latitude: -78.47 # Southernmost_Latitude: -78.47 # Easternmost_Longitude: 106.8 # Westernmost_Longitude: 106.8 # Elevation_m: 3488 #-------------------- # Data_Collection # Collection_Name: Vostok CO2 Petit1999 # Earliest_Year: 414085 # Most_Recent_Year: 2342 # Time_Unit: cal yr BP # Core_Length_m: # Parameter_Keywords: atmospheric gas # Notes: CO2 and CH4 measurements have been performed using the methods and analytical procedures previously described (Barnola et al., 1987, Chappellaz et al, 1990). However, the CO2 measuring system has been slightly modified in order to increase the sensitivity of the CO2 detection. The thermal conductivity chromatographic detector has been replaced by a flame ionisation detector which measures CO2 after its transformation into CH4. The overall accuracy for CH4 and CO2 measurements are ± 20 ppbv and 2-3 ppmv respectively. No gravitational correction has been applied. #-------------------- # Chronology_Information # Chronology: # #-------------------- # Variables # # PaST_Thesaurus_Download_Resource: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/PaST-thesaurus/SKOS/past-thesaurus-v1.0.rdf # PaST_Thesaurus_Download_Description: Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) Thesaurus terms, definitions, and relationships in SKOS format. # # Variables format: Short_name what,material,error,units,seasonality,data_type,detail,method,data_format,additional_information # Note: the Short_name does not require a PaST term. # ## gas_ageBP gas age,,,calendar year before present,,ice cores;climate forcing,,,N,deduced from the Barnola et al. (1991) model ## CO2 carbon dioxide,bulk atmosphere,,parts per million,,ice cores;climate forcing,,ion chromatography;wet extraction,N,no gravitational correction # #-------------------- # Data: # Data lines follow (have no #) # Data line format - tab-delimited text, variable short name as header # Missing_Values: gas_ageBP CO2 2342 284.7 3634 272.8 3833 268.1 6220 262.2 7327 254.6 8113 259.6 10123 261.6 11013 263.7 11326 244.8 11719 238.3 13405 236.2 13989 225.3 17695 182.2 19988 189.2 22977 191.6 26303 188.5 27062 191.7 31447 205.4 33884 209.1 39880 209.1 44766 189.3 47024 188.4 48229 210.1 49414 215.7 51174 190.4 57068 221.8 57799 210.4 63687 195.4 65701 191.4 66883 195 72849 227.4 75360 229.2 78995 217.1 80059 221.8 82858 231 84929 241.1 85727 236.4 86323 228.1 87180 214.2 88051 217 89363 208 91691 224.3 92460 228.4 95349 232.1 99842 225.9 100833 230.9 101829 236.9 103372 228.2 105213 236.9 106203 230.7 108308 238.2 108994 245.7 110253 251.3 111456 256.8 112577 266.3 113472 261.4 114082 274.6 114738 273.3 116175 262.5 117519 267.6 118396 273.8 119273 272 120002 265.2 120652 277.7 121961 272.2 122606 276.5 123815 268.7 123858 266.6 124306 266.3 124571 279.8 124876 277.2 125746 273.8 126023 267.1 126475 262.5 126809 262.6 127445 275.4 128300 274.1 128399 287.1 128652 286.8 129007 282.7 129411 264.1 129755 263.4 130167 259 131789 240.4 133334 224 134205 208.9 135003 204.6 135683 198.1 135976 201.8 136359 202.5 136659 195.9 137383 194.4 137694 193.4 138226 190.2 139445 192.3 141312 196.5 142357 190.4 145435 197 150303 191.9 154471 189 155299 185.5 160494 204.4 162996 191.6 165278 183.8 169870 197.9 172596 197.8 175440 190.3 176271 190.1 178550 207.7 180779 213.2 181617 217.7 183355 199.8 185063 203.5 187199 210.7 189335 231.4 191057 231.5 192632 218 195625 220.1 199025 242.6 202212 251 203191 239.1 204283 247.7 205148 244.4 205715 232.2 206119 228.7 207991 238.2 209414 242.2 210022 244.6 210830 247.3 211005 252 212281 257.4 214153 251.2 215041 241.4 215593 240.3 215879 242.7 216459 247.5 217009 251.7 217271 251.2 217676 245.4 218342 240.5 219680 212.2 220182 216.2 220760 207.2 221054 208.9 221612 205.7 222958 203.4 223446 215.7 224630 236.9 225299 234.5 225509 233.1 225888 224.5 226710 232.4 227384 233.9 227840 241.7 230703 245.2 231382 252.2 231990 241.4 232570 247.4 233102 243.1 233646 239.2 234126 245.7 234470 245.9 234781 247.4 235213 252.9 236236 259.8 237831 279 238935 263.8 239250 252.4 239545 249.9 240201 230.4 240577 219.4 242068 214.7 243653 200.2 244215 213.9 244863 195.4 245483 196.7 247447 199 248087 201.9 248980 204 250461 203.9 251521 209.7 252959 208.9 253880 214.7 255233 228.2 256053 199.9 256501 211.7 257247 188.7 258477 194.2 259228 198.9 259958 184.7 260754 190.4 261595 193.9 262411 194.2 263207 198.4 264046 193.2 264834 202.2 266492 211 267434 215.4 268679 223.7 270680 231.4 273012 226.4 274445 230.4 275218 231 277925 220.4 278602 217.2 279543 207.7 282301 212.7 283492 213.2 286217 224.4 287846 236.2 290571 240.2 291769 240.7 292474 250.2 293676 244.9 294615 225.9 295849 227.9 297131 233.2 298051 237.9 299020 239 299877 241.9 300646 251.7 301496 256.8 302456 257.2 303334 246.9 303953 272.7 304590 251.7 305306 244.7 307131 255.9 308101 249.2 310039 256.3 310930 260.4 311774 260.3 313493 266.3 315143 266.2 315940 270.2 316681 271.9 317445 275.2 318980 265 319754 271.8 320378 272.7 321386 273.2 322111 282.4 322582 289.2 322827 288.4 323485 298.7 324189 278.2 324991 285.8 325527 278.7 326239 270.5 327114 255.7 328097 241.9 329267 239.7 330208 234.2 332293 250.2 333627 200.7 335290 205.2 336972 204.9 340165 220.4 342998 221.2 344735 216.2 347610 209.2 350765 193 352412 186.2 356838 201.2 359688 206.4 362766 201.9 366221 214.7 369563 229.7 373014 227 374561 240 378194 246.9 379633 245.9 384909 264.7 386579 259.3 390589 255.2 392451 250.2 394628 266.3 396713 274.7 400390 278 405844 279.7 409022 283.7 410831 276.3 414085 285.5