Ice Core Depth-Age Relation for Vostok (delD) and Dome Fuji (del18O) Records Based on the Devils Hole Paleotemperature Chronology, USGS Open File Report 02-266

This depth - age relation is based on a join between the Vostok deuterium profile (delD) and the stable oxygen isotope ratio (del18O) record of paleotemperature from a calcitic core at Devils Hole, Nevada, using the algorithm developed by Landwehr and Winograd (2001). Both the control points defining the V-DH chronology and the numeric values for the chronology are given.

In addition, a plausible chronology for a deformed bottom portion of the Vostok core developed with this algorithm is presented. Landwehr and Winograd (2001) demonstrated the broader utility of their algorithm by applying it to another appropriate Antarctic paleotemperature record, the Antarctic Dome Fuji ice core del18O record. Control points for this chronology are also presented in this report but deemed preliminary because, to date, investigators have published only the visual trace and not the numeric values for the Dome Fuji del18O record.