TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward using borehole temperatures to calibrate an isotopic paleothermometer in central Greenland
AU - Cuffey, Kurt M.
AU - Alley, Richard B.
AU - Grootes, Pieter M.
AU - Anandakrishnan, Sridhar
PY - 1992/1/1
Y1 - 1992/1/1
N2 - Analysis of borehole temperatures in ice sheets can improve the accuracy of isotopic paleothermometry by making possible independent calibrations of isotope-temperature relations. Here we present a preliminary calibration of the δ18O paleothermometer for central Greenland. A numerical thermal model converts isotope-derived surface-temperature histories to temperature-depth profiles. Comparison with measured borehole temperatures allows calibration of the paleothermometer using formal inverse techniques.
AB - Analysis of borehole temperatures in ice sheets can improve the accuracy of isotopic paleothermometry by making possible independent calibrations of isotope-temperature relations. Here we present a preliminary calibration of the δ18O paleothermometer for central Greenland. A numerical thermal model converts isotope-derived surface-temperature histories to temperature-depth profiles. Comparison with measured borehole temperatures allows calibration of the paleothermometer using formal inverse techniques.
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U2 - 10.1016/0921-8181(92)90042-9
DO - 10.1016/0921-8181(92)90042-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33750435469
SN - 0921-8181
VL - 6
SP - 265
EP - 268
JO - Global and Planetary Change
JF - Global and Planetary Change
IS - 2-4
ER -