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We thank the logistic and drilling TALDICE team. We thank M. Mudelsee for discussion regarding the use of the Rampfit software (www.mudelsee.com). The Talos Dome Ice Core Project (TALDICE), a joint European programme led by Italy, is funded by national contributions from Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The main logistical support was provided by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA) at Talos Dome. This is TALDICE publication no 9. A file containing the new ice core _δ_18O record from TALDICE can be downloaded from the website of the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology (www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo) and from the TALDICE website (www.taldice.org).
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- Department of Geosciences, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy
B. Stenni, M. Bonazza & L. Genoni - Laboratoire de Glaciologie et de Géophysique de l’Environnement (CNRS-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble), 38402 Saint Martin d’Hères cedex, France
D. Buiron, J. M. Barnola, J. Chappellaz, B. Lemieux-Dudon, M. Montagnat, F. Parrenin, J. R. Petit & C. Ritz - ENEA, CR Casaccia, 00123, Roma, Italy
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S. Albani, B. Delmonte, V. Maggi & C. Mazzola - Department of Environmental Sciences, University Cà Foscari of Venice, and IDPA-CNR, 30123 Venezia, Italy
C. Barbante - CEREGE, UMR 6635 CNRS, IRD, University Aix-Marseille, Collège de France, Europôle de l’Arbois, BP80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence cédex 4, France
E. Bard & M. Baroni - Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
M. Baumgartner, A. Schilt, S. Schüpbach, J. Schwander & T. F. Stocker - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (IPSL/CEA-CNRS-UVSQ UMR 8212), CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cédex, France
E. Capron, S. Falourd, J. Jouzel, A. Landais, V. Masson-Delmotte & B. Minster - Department of Chemistry, University of Firenze, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
E. Castellano, M. Severi & R. Udisti - Department of Earth Sciences, University of Parma, 43100 Parma, Italy
P. Iacumin & E. Selmo - Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
S. Kipfstuhl & H. Oerter - British Antarctic Survey, NERC, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
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B.S., D.B., M. Baumgartner, M. Bonazza, S.F., L.G., V.M-D., B.M., A.S., S.S. and E.S. contributed to new TALDICE _δ_18O and CH4 measurements. D.B., S.A., E.B., M. Baroni, E. Capron, E. Castellano, B.D., A.L., B.L-D., C.M., M.M., B.N., F.P., J.R.P., C.R., M.S. and R.U. contributed to measurements and modelling used for TALDICE dating and ice flow description.
B.S. and M.F. prepared the figures and wrote most of the manuscript with the main contributions of D.B., J.C., B.D., V.M-D., J.J., B.L-D., B.N., J.R.P. and T.F.S. All authors worked on the comparison of the different records and their interpretations.
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Stenni, B., Buiron, D., Frezzotti, M. et al. Expression of the bipolar see-saw in Antarctic climate records during the last deglaciation.Nature Geosci 4, 46–49 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1026
- Received: 19 August 2010
- Accepted: 03 November 2010
- Published: 05 December 2010
- Issue Date: January 2011
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1026