紀元前7000年以来の火山活動の記録 GISP2 グリーンランドの氷芯と火山-気候システムへの影響
まとめ
グリーンランドの氷芯は,初期ホロセーン (紀元前5000~7000年) の火山活動が顕著であったことを明らかにしています. この時期には硫酸塩の堆積が増加し,気候の冷却を引き起こす可能性がある.
科学分野:
- 古代気候学 (paleoclimatology) とは,古代気候学 (paleoclimatology) とは,古代気候学 (paleoclimatology) とは,古代気候学 (paleoclimatology) とは,古代気候学 (paleoclimatology) とは
- 火山学 火山学とは
- 氷河学 氷河学とは
背景:
- グリーンランドのGISP2コアなどの氷芯は,過去の大気条件の貴重なアーカイブを提供します.
- 氷の核中の硫酸塩濃度は,火山活動と潜在的気候強制の代理として機能します.
- 過去の火山の出来事を理解することは,気候の歴史を再構築するために不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- GISP2 グリーンランドの氷の核からの硫酸塩濃度を使用して,潜在的に気候を強制する火山の記録を再構築する.
- ホロセンの初期における火山の発生頻度と規模を過去2千年と比較する.
主な方法:
- GISP2 グリーンランドの氷の核の継続的な2年毎のサンプリング.
- 火山噴火のマーカーを特定するために硫酸塩濃度の分析.
- 記録された歴史的な火山噴火と日付の硫酸エピソードをマッチングする.
主要な成果:
- 特に紀元前5000年から7000年の間に,かなりの数の硫酸エピソードが記録されました.
- 最近の出来事 (過去2000年) の85%が記録された噴火と一致している一方で,初期のホロセンの出来事の30%だけがそうでした.
- 初期のホロセンの火山活動では,硫酸塩の堆積が,既知の最大の歴史的噴火の1~5倍で,その頻度は3倍であった.
結論:
- 初期のホロセンは,以前に推定されたよりもかなり高い火山活動を経験しました.
- この増加した火山活動が,初期のホロセンの気候の冷却に重要な役割を果たしたのかもしれない.
- いくつかの歴史的な噴火は,現在認識されているよりも,より影響力のある硫黄の生産者であったかもしれない.
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