Monthly records of non-sea-salt sulfur from the Summit2015 ice core in Greenland between 1530 and 1710 CE and inferred background and volcanic contributions

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We report monthly non-sea-salt sulfur concentrations from the Summit2015 ice core (Greenland) analyzed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS) and mass concentration records of insoluble particles (size range 5-10um) using an inline Abakus® laser particle counter at the Desert Research Institute. Details about the analytical procedures are provided in the references. From the monthly resolved non-sea-salt sulfur concentration record we infer a mean annual cycle of background sulfur concentrations using the median across the respective months in a volcanically quiescent time (1530-1580 CE) while omitting months influenced by smaller volcanic eruptions. We then subtract this mean background cycle from the total sulfur concentrations to derive volcanic sulfate concentrations (ng g-1) and volcanic sulfate depositions rates (kg km-2 month-1) at nominal monthly resolution. These records are used alongside ice-core crypto-tephra to characterize volcanic eruption sources and to disentangle individual volcanic sulfur depositions on the polar ice sheets arising from temporal clusters of volcanic eruptions such as in the 1590s, 1600s, 1640s, 1660s and 1690s CE.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.974949
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Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01350-6
Related Identifier References https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.974172
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JD018603
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1083-2022
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Creator Sigl, Michael ORCID logo; McConnell, Joseph R ORCID logo; Chellman, Nathan J; Gabriel, Imogen ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2025
Funding Reference European Research Council https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000781 Crossref Funder ID 820047 doi:10.3030/820047 Timing of Holocene volcanic eruptions and their radiative aerosol forcing (THERA)
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 9173 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-38.300 LON, 72.600 LAT)