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DOI | 10.5194/acp-19-14133-2019 |
The Elbrus (Caucasus; Russia) ice core record-Part 2: History of desert dust deposition | |
Kutuzov S.; Legrand M.; Preunkert S.; Ginot P.; Mikhalenko V.; Shukurov K.; Poliukhov A.; Toropov P. | |
发表日期 | 2019 |
ISSN | 16807316 |
起始页码 | 14133 |
结束页码 | 14148 |
卷号 | 19期号:22 |
英文摘要 | Ice cores are one of the most valuable paleoarchives. Records from ice cores provide information not only about the amount of dust in the atmosphere, but also about dust sources and their changes in the past. In 2009, a 182 m long ice core was recovered from the western plateau of Mt Elbrus (5115 m a.s.l.). This record was further extended after a shallow ice core was drilled in 2013. Here we analyse Ca2+ concentrations, a commonly used proxy of dust, recorded in these Elbrus ice records over the time period of 1774-2013 CE. The Ca2+ record reveals quasi-decadal variability with a generally increasing trend. Using multiple regression analysis, we found a statistically significant spatial correlation of the Elbrus Ca2+ summer concentrations with precipitation and soil moisture content in the Levant region (specifically Syria and Iraq). The Ca2+ record also correlates with drought indices in North Africa (r = 0:67, p<0:001) and Middle East regions (r = 0:71, p<0:001). Dust concentrations prominently increase in the ice core over the past 200 years, confirming that the recent droughts in the Fertile Crescent (1998-2012 CE) present the most severe aridity experienced in at least the past two centuries. For the most recent 33 years recorded (1979-2012 CE), significant correlations exist between Ca2+ and Pacific circulation indices (Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Southern Oscillation Index and Niño 4), which suggests that the increased frequency of extreme El Niño and La Niña events due to a warming climate has extended their influence to the Middle East. Evidence demonstrates that the increase in Ca2+ concentration in the ice core cannot be attributed to human activities, such as coal combustion and cement production. © 2019 Author(s). |
语种 | 英语 |
scopus关键词 | aerosol formation; atmospheric deposition; concentration (composition); correlation; dust; El Nino; ice core; La Nina; soil moisture; Caucasus; Mount Elbrus |
来源期刊 | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/144027 |
作者单位 | Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119017, Russian Federation; Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Grenoble, 38000, France; Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble, Grenoble, 38400, France; A. M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119017, Russian Federation; Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation; Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble, IRD/UGA/CNRS, Grenoble, 38400, France; Hydrometeorological Research Center of Russian Federation, Moscow, 123242, Russian Federation |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Kutuzov S.,Legrand M.,Preunkert S.,et al. The Elbrus (Caucasus; Russia) ice core record-Part 2: History of desert dust deposition[J],2019,19(22). |
APA | Kutuzov S..,Legrand M..,Preunkert S..,Ginot P..,Mikhalenko V..,...&Toropov P..(2019).The Elbrus (Caucasus; Russia) ice core record-Part 2: History of desert dust deposition.Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,19(22). |
MLA | Kutuzov S.,et al."The Elbrus (Caucasus; Russia) ice core record-Part 2: History of desert dust deposition".Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 19.22(2019). |
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