The GISP2 ice core

The GISP2 ice core: photo

The record that dates the onset and carries the platinum anomaly; Green and colleagues (2025) argue the spike is volcanic.

NOAA, 2013. Public domain

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PhotoNOAA · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (US government work)Primary source: File:GISP2 1855m ice core layers.png1 step from the original

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PictureNOAA · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (US government work)1 step from the original

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DatasetRichard Alley (NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology) · ncei.noaa.gov · public-domainPrimary source: GISP2 Ice Core Temperature and Accumulation Data (IGBP PAGES/WDCA Data Contribution Series 2004-013)2 steps from the original

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DocumentMichail Petaev and colleagues · doi.org · 2013-07-22 · publisherPrimary source: Large Pt anomaly in the Greenland ice core points to a cataclysm at the onset of Younger Dryas2 steps from the original

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Where it was made

GISP2 drill site, Summit, Greenland · Ice-core drill site

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Large Pt anomaly in the Greenland ice core points to a cataclysm at the onset of Younger DryasSRC

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The GISP2 ice core [Artifact ART0D51XXAE2580]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D51XXAE2580

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