Table 1. Dust deposition fluxes retrieved from ice cores.									

Site	Dust Concentration	Dust Concentration	Dust Concentration Reference	Method	Ice Accum. Rate 	Ice Accum. Rate 	Ice Accum. Rate Reference	Dust Deposition (g/m2/yr)	Dust Deposition (g/m2/yr)
					(m w.eq./yr)	(m w.eq./yr)			
	Current	LGM/			Current 	LGM/		Current	LGM/
	(ng/g)	Current				Current			Current
Greenland:									
"Camp Century (77°N, 61°W)"	125	11	"Cragin et al., 1977"	mass	0.35	0.2	"Johnsen and Dansgaard, 1992"	0.04	2
		12	"Thompson and Mosley-Thompson, 1981"	number					
"Dye 3 (65°N, 44°W)"	50	5-60	"Hammer et al., 1985"	mass*	0.45	0.28	"Johnsen and Dansgaard, 1992"	0.02	1.5-17
"Renland (71°N, 27°W)"	133	8	"Hansson, 1994"	mass*	0.46	0.22	"Johnsen and Dansgaard, 1992"	0.06	2
"GRIP, Summit (73°N, 38°W)"	38	(158) &	"Steffensen, 1997"	mass*	0.21	0.43	"Dahl-Jensen et al., 1993"	0.008	(68)
"GISP2, Summit (73°N, 38°W)"					0.22	0.25	"Cuffey and Clow, 1997"		
Antarctica:									
"Byrd (80°S, 120°W)"		8	"Cragin et al., 1977"	mass	0.16	0.5	"Lorius, 1989"	0.003	4
		3	"Thompson and Mosley-Thompson, 1981"	number					1.5
"Dome C (75°S, 124°E)"	19	7	"Thompson and Mosley-Thompson, 1981"	number	0.034	0.5	"Lorius, 1989"		3
		12	"Petit et al., 1981"	number					6
		23	"Petit et al., 1981"	mass*					12
	34	21	"Petit et al., 1981"	mass				0.001	11
	26	17	"Royer et al., 1983"	mass*				0.0009	8.5
"Vostok (78°S, 107°E)"	30	37	De Angelis et al. 1984	mass	0.023	0.5	"Lorius, 1989"	0.0007	18.5
			"Petit et al., 1990"	mass					15
Other:									
"Devon, Canada (67°N, 66°W) "		20-30	"Fisher, 1979"	number	0.22	0.33	"Paterson and Hammer, 1987"		7-10
"Dunde, China (38°N, 97°W)"		1.5-4	"Thompson et al., 1989. "	number	0.4	>1	"Thompson et al., 1989"		>1.5-4
"Guliya, China (35°N, 82°W)"		<1	"Thompson et al., 1997"	number	0.2	0.2	"Thompson et al., 1997"		<0.2
"Huascarán, Peru (9°S, 78°W)"	160	200	"Thompson et al., 1995"	number	1.3	<1	"Thompson et al., 1995"	0.2	<200
"Sajama, Bolivia (18°S, 69°W)"			"Thompson, pers. comm. 1998 "	number					0.12
Notes:									
"& LGM/Current ratio calculated with the highest peak in the LGM period (at approx. 23-24 kyr), not LGM average."									
mass. Aluminum concentration measured by means of atomic absorption. Dust concentration calculated assuming 8% Al in terrigenous material.									
mass*. Particle mass concentration by means of laser light scattering measurements. 
number. Particle number concentration by means of Coulter counter measurements.