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  1. Article ; Online: Pleistocene drivers of Northwest African hydroclimate and vegetation.

    O'Mara, Nicholas A / Skonieczny, Charlotte / McGee, David / Winckler, Gisela / Bory, Aloys J-M / Bradtmiller, Louisa I / Malaizé, Bruno / Polissar, Pratigya J

    Nature communications

    2022  Volume 13, Issue 1, Page(s) 3552

    Abstract: Savanna ecosystems were the landscapes for human evolution and are vital to modern Sub-Saharan African food security, yet the fundamental drivers of climate and ecology in these ecosystems remain unclear. Here we generate plant-wax isotope and dust flux ... ...

    Abstract Savanna ecosystems were the landscapes for human evolution and are vital to modern Sub-Saharan African food security, yet the fundamental drivers of climate and ecology in these ecosystems remain unclear. Here we generate plant-wax isotope and dust flux records to explore the mechanistic drivers of the Northwest African monsoon, and to assess ecosystem responses to changes in monsoon rainfall and atmospheric pCO
    MeSH term(s) Climate ; Ecosystem ; Humans ; Plants
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-31120-x
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  2. Article: A Chinese Imprint in Insoluble Pollutants Recently Deposited in Central Greenland As Indicated by Lead Isotopes

    Bory, Aloys J.-M / Abouchami Wafa / Biscaye Pierre E / Christensen John N / Galer Stephen J. G / Svensson Anders

    Environmental Science & Technology. 2014 Feb. 04, v. 48, no. 3

    2014  

    Abstract: A unique ∼10 year record of the lead isotopic composition of airborne insoluble particulate matter deposited in central Greenland was extracted from recent snow layers at NorthGRIP (75.1°N, 042.3°W; elevation 2,959 m), spanning the years 1989–2001. ...

    Abstract A unique ∼10 year record of the lead isotopic composition of airborne insoluble particulate matter deposited in central Greenland was extracted from recent snow layers at NorthGRIP (75.1°N, 042.3°W; elevation 2,959 m), spanning the years 1989–2001. Comparison with lead isotopic signatures of both natural and anthropogenic northern hemisphere (NH) aerosol sources shows that human activities must have accounted for most of the insoluble lead deposited on Greenland during the late 1990s, exceeding by far the natural contribution from large Asian mineral dust inputs. Lead isotopes imply predominance with time of European/Canadian sources over U.S.-derived lead, with an admixed signature typical of Chinese anthropogenic lead sources. The relative contribution of the latter shows a marked seasonal increase during spring. Our record also suggests that China’s weight in the overall supply of insoluble pollutants deposited on Greenland was growing over the past decade of the 20th century.
    Keywords aerosols ; dust ; humans ; isotopes ; lead ; particulates ; pollutants ; snow ; spring ; China ; Greenland
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2014-0204
    Size p. 1451-1457.
    Publishing place American Chemical Society
    Document type Article
    ISSN 1520-5851
    DOI 10.1021%2Fes4035655
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  3. Article ; Online: A Chinese imprint in insoluble pollutants recently deposited in central Greenland as indicated by lead isotopes.

    Bory, Aloys J-M / Abouchami, Wafa / Galer, Stephen J G / Svensson, Anders / Christensen, John N / Biscaye, Pierre E

    Environmental science & technology

    2014  Volume 48, Issue 3, Page(s) 1451–1457

    Abstract: A unique ∼ 10 year record of the lead isotopic composition of airborne insoluble particulate matter deposited in central Greenland was extracted from recent snow layers at NorthGRIP (75.1°N, 042.3°W; elevation 2,959 m), spanning the years 1989-2001. ... ...

    Abstract A unique ∼ 10 year record of the lead isotopic composition of airborne insoluble particulate matter deposited in central Greenland was extracted from recent snow layers at NorthGRIP (75.1°N, 042.3°W; elevation 2,959 m), spanning the years 1989-2001. Comparison with lead isotopic signatures of both natural and anthropogenic northern hemisphere (NH) aerosol sources shows that human activities must have accounted for most of the insoluble lead deposited on Greenland during the late 1990 s, exceeding by far the natural contribution from large Asian mineral dust inputs. Lead isotopes imply predominance with time of European/Canadian sources over U.S.-derived lead, with an admixed signature typical of Chinese anthropogenic lead sources. The relative contribution of the latter shows a marked seasonal increase during spring. Our record also suggests that China's weight in the overall supply of insoluble pollutants deposited on Greenland was growing over the past decade of the 20th century.
    MeSH term(s) Aerosols ; Air Pollutants/analysis ; Canada ; China ; Dust/analysis ; Environmental Monitoring/methods ; Greenland ; Humans ; Isotopes ; Lead/analysis ; Particulate Matter/analysis ; Seasons ; Snow/chemistry ; Solubility
    Chemical Substances Aerosols ; Air Pollutants ; Dust ; Isotopes ; Particulate Matter ; Lead (2P299V784P)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ISSN 1520-5851
    ISSN (online) 1520-5851
    DOI 10.1021/es4035655
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

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  4. Book ; Online: (Table 1) Age determination and isotopic signature of last glacial Patagonian caly/silt, supplementary data to: Sugden, David E; McCulloch, Robert D; Bory, Aloys J-M; Hein, Andrew S (2009): Influence of Patagonian glaciers on Antarctic dust deposition during the last glacial period. Nature Geoscience, 2, 281-285

    Sugden, David E / Bory, Aloys J-M / Hein, Andrew S / McCulloch, Robert D

    2009  

    Abstract: Ice cores provide a record of changes in dust flux to Antarctica, which is thought to reflect changes in atmospheric circulation and environmental conditions in dust source areas (Forster et al., 2007; Diekmann et al. 2000, doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(00) ... ...

    Abstract Ice cores provide a record of changes in dust flux to Antarctica, which is thought to reflect changes in atmospheric circulation and environmental conditions in dust source areas (Forster et al., 2007; Diekmann et al. 2000, doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00138-3; Winckler et al., 2008, doi:10.1126/science.1150595; Reader et al., 1999, doi:10.1029/1999JD900033; Mahowald et al., 1999, doi:10.1029/1999JD900084; Petit et al., 1999, doi:10.1038/20859; 1990, doi:10.1038/343056a0 Delmonte et al., 2009, doi:10.1029/2008GL033382; Lambert et al., 2008, doi:10.1038/nature06763). Isotopic tracers suggest that South America is the dominant source of the dust (Grousset et al., 1992, doi:10.1016/0012-821X(92)90177-W; Basile et al., 1997, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(96)00255-5; Gaiero et al., 2007, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.11.003), but it is unclear what led to the variable deposition of dust at concentrations 20-50 times higher than present in glacial-aged ice (Petit et al., 1990, doi:10.1038/343056a0; Lambert et al., 2008, doi:10.1038/nature06763). Here we characterize the age and composition of Patagonian glacial outwash sediments, to assess the relationship between the Antarctic dust record from Dome C (refs Lambert et al., 2008, doi:10.1038/nature06763; Wolff et al., 2006, doi:10.1038/nature04614) and Patagonian glacial fluctuations (Sugden et al., 2005; McCulloch et al., 2005, doi:10.1111/j.0435-3676.2005.00260.x; Kaplan et al., 2008, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.09.013) for the past 80,000 years. We show that dust peaks in Antarctica coincide with periods in Patagonia when rivers of glacial meltwater deposited sediment directly onto easily mobilized outwash plains. No dust peaks were noted when the glaciers instead terminated directly into pro-glacial lakes. We thus propose that the variable sediment supply resulting from Patagonian glacial fluctuations may have acted as an on/off switch for Antarctic dust deposition. At the last glacial termination, Patagonian glaciers quickly retreated into lakes, which may help explain why the deglacial decline in Antarctic dust concentrations preceded the main phase of warming, sea-level rise and reduction in Southern Hemisphere sea-ice extent (Wolff et al., 2006, doi:10.1038/nature04614).
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2009-9999
    Size Online-Ressource
    Publisher PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
    Publishing place Bremen/Bremerhaven
    Document type Book ; Online
    Note This dataset is supplement to doi:10.1038/NGEO474
    DOI 10.1594/PANGAEA.783852
    Database Library catalogue of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Hannover

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  5. Book ; Online: (Appendix A) Geochemical composition of snow and eolian mineral dust from Berkner Island ice sheet, Antarctica, supplementary data to: Bory, Aloys J-M; Wolff, Eric; Mulvaney, Robert; Jagoutz, Emil; Wegner, Anna; Ruth, Urs; Elderfield, Harry (2010): Multiple sources supply eolian mineral dust to the Atlantic sector of coastal Antarctica: Evidence from recent snow layers at the top of Berkner Island ice sheet. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 291(1-4), 138-148

    Bory, Aloys J-M / Elderfield, Harry / Jagoutz, Emil / Mulvaney, Robert / Ruth, Urs / Wegner, Anna / Wolff, Eric

    2010  

    Abstract: The Sr and Nd isotopic composition of dust extracted from recent snow layers at the top of Berkner Island ice sheet (located within the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf at the southern end of the Weddell Sea) enables us, for the first time, to document dust ... ...

    Abstract The Sr and Nd isotopic composition of dust extracted from recent snow layers at the top of Berkner Island ice sheet (located within the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf at the southern end of the Weddell Sea) enables us, for the first time, to document dust provenance in Antarctica outside the East Antarctic Plateau (EAP) where all previous studies based on isotopic fingerprinting were carried out. Berkner dust displays an overall crust-like isotopic signature, characterized by more radiogenic 87Sr/86Sr and much less radiogenic 143Nd/144Nd compared to dust deposited on the EAP during glacial periods. Differences with EAP interglacial dust are not as marked but still significant, indicating that present-day Berkner dust provenance is distinct, at least to some extent, from that of the dust reaching the EAP. The fourteen snow-pit sub-seasonal samples that were obtained span a two-year period (2002-2003) and their dust Sr and Nd isotopic composition reveals that multiple sources are at play over a yearly time period. Southern South America, Patagonia in particular, likely accounts for part of the observed spring/summer dust deposition maxima, when isotopic composition is shifted towards 'younger' isotopic signatures. In the spring, possible additional inputs from Australian sources would also be supported by the data. Most of the year, however, the measured isotopic signatures would be best explained by a sustained background supply from putative local sources in East Antarctica, which carry old-crust-like isotopic fingerprints. Whether the restricted East Antarctic ice-free areas produce sufficient eolian material has yet to be substantiated however. The fact that large (> 5 æm) particles represent a significant fraction of the samples throughout the entire time-series supports scenarios that involve contributions from proximal sources, either in Patagonia and/or Antarctica (possibly including snow-free areas in the Antarctic Peninsula and other areas as well). This also indicates that additional dust transport, which does not reach the EAP, must occur at low-tropospheric levels to this coastal sector of Antarctica.
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2010-9999
    Size Online-Ressource
    Publisher PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
    Publishing place Bremen/Bremerhaven
    Document type Book ; Online
    Note This dataset is supplement to doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.006
    DOI 10.1594/PANGAEA.786617
    Database Library catalogue of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Hannover

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  6. Book ; Online: Geochemistry of Southern Ocean sediments, supplementary data to: Noble, Taryn L; Piotrowski, Alexander M; Robinson, Laura F; McManus, Jerry F; Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter; Bory, Aloys J-M (2012): Greater supply of Patagonian-sourced detritus and transport by the ACC to the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean during the last glacial period. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 317-318, 374-385

    Noble, Taryn L / Bory, Aloys J-M / Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter / McManus, Jerry F / Piotrowski, Alexander M / Robinson, Laura F

    2012  

    Abstract: Reconstructing past detrital flux and provenance in the Southern Ocean provides information about changes in source regions associated with climate variations and transport pathways. We present a Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to Holocene comparison of 230Th ...

    Abstract Reconstructing past detrital flux and provenance in the Southern Ocean provides information about changes in source regions associated with climate variations and transport pathways. We present a Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to Holocene comparison of 230Th normalised fluxes combined with sediment provenance data (Pb, Nd and Sr isotopes) from a latitudinal core transect in the eastern Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean (ODP Leg 177 cores). We compare the radiogenic isotopic composition (IC) of detritus in these cores to that of cores proximal to potential source areas.
    We observe a well-defined latitudinal Holocene gradient in both detrital flux and provenance of sediment. High detrital fluxes in the north are associated with terrigenous material derived from southern Africa, while low detrital fluxes in the south are associated with supply from southern South America, West Antarctica and the South Sandwich Islands. The data suggest that this well-defined Holocene gradient in detrital flux and sediment provenance is controlled by the flow of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) and the position of its frontal zones. The LGM is characterised by 2 to 6 times higher than modern detrital fluxes at most ODP Leg 177 sites. The LGM detrital fluxes do not show a latitudinal trend and suggest a greater supply of glaciogenic detritus sourced from southern South America. Glacial Patagonian outwash sediments (< 5 æm fraction) were analysed and compared to the bulk compositions of the marine sediments. The Pb IC of the Patagonian sediments is very similar to the glacial IC of sediments in the Scotia Sea and at ~ 49° S latitude in the eastern Atlantic sector. We propose that the glacial IC of sediments is controlled by increased delivery of Patagonian detritus initially supplied by glaciers and then transported at depth via the ACC.
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2012-9999
    Size Online-Ressource
    Publisher PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
    Publishing place Bremen/Bremerhaven
    Document type Book ; Online
    Note This dataset is supplement to doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.10.007
    DOI 10.1594/PANGAEA.783844
    Database Library catalogue of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Hannover

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  7. Article: Greater supply of Patagonian-sourced detritus and transport by the ACC to the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean during the last glacial period

    Noble, Taryn L / Piotrowski, Alexander M / Robinson, Laura F / McManus, Jerry F / Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter / Bory, Aloys J.-M

    Earth and planetary science letters. 2012 Feb. 1, v. 317-318

    2012  

    Abstract: Reconstructing past detrital flux and provenance in the Southern Ocean provides information about changes in source regions associated with climate variations and transport pathways. We present a Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to Holocene comparison of ²³⁰Th ...

    Abstract Reconstructing past detrital flux and provenance in the Southern Ocean provides information about changes in source regions associated with climate variations and transport pathways. We present a Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to Holocene comparison of ²³⁰Th normalised fluxes combined with sediment provenance data (Pb, Nd and Sr isotopes) from a latitudinal core transect in the eastern Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean (ODP Leg 177 cores). We compare the radiogenic isotopic composition (IC) of detritus in these cores to that of cores proximal to potential source areas. We observe a well-defined latitudinal Holocene gradient in both detrital flux and provenance of sediment. High detrital fluxes in the north are associated with terrigenous material derived from southern Africa, while low detrital fluxes in the south are associated with supply from southern South America, West Antarctica and the South Sandwich Islands. The data suggest that this well-defined Holocene gradient in detrital flux and sediment provenance is controlled by the flow of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) and the position of its frontal zones. The LGM is characterised by 2 to 6 times higher than modern detrital fluxes at most ODP Leg 177 sites. The LGM detrital fluxes do not show a latitudinal trend and suggest a greater supply of glaciogenic detritus sourced from southern South America. Glacial Patagonian outwash sediments (<5μm fraction) were analysed and compared to the bulk compositions of the marine sediments. The Pb IC of the Patagonian sediments is very similar to the glacial IC of sediments in the Scotia Sea and at ~49° S latitude in the eastern Atlantic sector. We propose that the glacial IC of sediments is controlled by increased delivery of Patagonian detritus initially supplied by glaciers and then transported at depth via the ACC.
    Keywords climate ; glaciers ; isotopes ; latitude ; lead ; marine sediments ; provenance ; strontium ; Antarctic region ; Antarctica ; South America ; South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands ; Southern Africa
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2012-0201
    Size p. 374-385.
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 1466659-5
    ISSN 1385-013X ; 0012-821X
    ISSN (online) 1385-013X
    ISSN 0012-821X
    DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.10.007
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