@article{fdi:010036711,
  title = {{C}haracteristics and sources of tephra layers in the {EPICA}-{D}ome {C} ice record ({E}ast {A}ntarctica): implications for past atmospheric circulation and ice core stratigraphic correlations},
  author = {{N}arcisi, {B}. and {P}etit, {J}.{R}. and {D}elmonte, {B}. and {B}asile {D}oelsch, {I}sabelle and {M}aggi, {V}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}hirteen discrete air-fall tephra layers were identified in the last 200,000-yr section of the {EPICA}-{D}ome {C} ice record drilled in the {E}ast {A}ntarctic plateau (75 degrees 06'{S}, 123 degrees 21' {E}). {Q}uantitative grain size, glass particle morphology, and the grain-discrete major element composition of the glass fraction of these layers were investigated. {T}hrough comparison with literature data on the rock composition of {Q}uaternary volcanic centres located within and around {A}ntarctica, five tephra layers were attributed to {S}outh {S}andwich volcanoes in the {S}outh {A}tlantic {O}cean, two to {S}outh {S}hetland volcanoes (northern {A}ntarctic {P}eninsula), two to {A}ndean volcanoes, and four to {A}ntarctic ({M}arie {B}yrd {L}and and {M}elbourne) provinces. {T}he abundance of layers originating in the southern part of the {A}tlantic confirms that westerly atmospheric circulation spiralling towards {E}ast {A}ntarctica prevailed over the last 200 ka. {M}oreover, the record of events from {A}ntarctic centres suggests that atmospheric trajectories from {W}est to {E}ast {A}ntarctica can also be significant. {A} few ash layers are geochemically distinct and appear equivalent to levels from {V}ostok and {D}ome {F}uji deep ice records, located ca. 600 km and ca. 2000 km, respectively, from {D}ome {C} on the {A}ntarctic plateau. {T}hese layers provide unambiguous markers for future correlation with other {A}ntarctic ice cores and circumpolar marine climatic records. {T}hey also provide reliable constraints to get a common timescale by glaciological modelling, and represent a first step towards absolute ice core dating. (c) 2005 {P}ublished by {E}lsevier {B}.{V}.},
  keywords = {tephra ; {A}ntarctic ice cores ; {EPICA} {D}ome {C} ice core ; stratigraphic correlation ; palaeoatmospheric circulation},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}arth and {P}lanetary {S}cience {L}etters},
  volume = {239},
  numero = {3-4},
  pages = {253--265},
  ISSN = {0012-821{X}},
  year = {2005},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.epsl.2005.09.005},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010036711},
}