Table 2 Comparison of temporal resolution for Talos Dome ice core (TALDICE) and Epica Dome C ice core (EDC) δ18O samples during interglacial periods

From: Wilkes subglacial basin ice sheet response to Southern Ocean warming during late Pleistocene interglacials

  

MIS 1 (0–20 ka)

MIS 5.5 (110–140 ka)

MIS 7.5 (234–252 ka)

MIS 9.3 (320–345 ka)

TALDICE

Sample length (cm)

100 cm

5 cm

5 cm

5 cm

Resolution (years/5 cm)

–

32

95

192

Resolution (years/m)

24

630

1891

3843

EDC

Sample length (cm)

55 cm

55 cm

55 cm

11 cm

Resolution (years/sample length -cm-)

22

53

116

33

Resolution (years/m)

40

96

212

301

  1. We calculated the sample resolution based on the original sample length (5 cm for TALDICE, 55 cm or 11 cm for EDC). We also calculated the average temporal resolution for each metre of core.
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