#IMC: September 14 - 18 2025

Unveiling Amazon proxies in high-mountain environments, the Quelccaya Ice Core, Peru

Assigned Session: #AGM28: Generic Meeting Session

Abstract ID: 28.7296 | Accepted as Poster | Poster | 2025-02-27 13:00 - 14:30 | Ágnes‐Heller‐Haus/Small Lecture Room

João Gomes Ilha (0)
Barbaro, Elena (1), Barbante, Carlo (1), Cardia Simões, Jefferson (2,3), Mayewski, Paul (3)
João Gomes Ilha ((0) Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino, 30171, Venice, IT)
Barbaro, Elena (1), Barbante, Carlo (1), Cardia Simões, Jefferson (2,3), Mayewski, Paul (3)

(0) Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino, 30171, Venice, IT
(1) Polar Sciences Institute, Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino, 155, 30172, Venice, Italy
(2) Centro Polar e Climático, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91501970, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
(3) Climate Change Insitute, University of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences Building, University of Maine, 044695790, Orono, Maine, United States of America

(1) Polar Sciences Institute, Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino, 155, 30172, Venice, Italy
(2) Centro Polar e Climático, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91501970, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
(3) Climate Change Insitute, University of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences Building, University of Maine, 044695790, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Categories: Paleoclimatology
Keywords: Ice core, Amazon, Paleoclimatology, Quelccaya

Categories: Paleoclimatology
Keywords: Ice core, Amazon, Paleoclimatology, Quelccaya

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Biomass burning derived from deforestation and agricultural practices represents the primary source of anthropogenic aerosols input in the southern hemisphere. In the recent years it has been brought to light the intensity of wildfires in many biomes, especially in the Amazon, the largest rainforest in the world. West of the Amazon lies the Peruvian Altiplano with two main glaciated mountain ranges, the Cordillera Blanca in the northern part and the Cordillera Vilcanota in the southern part. In 2022 a team of researchers in a US-Brazil-Italy cooperation lead by the Climate Change Institute (University of Maine) drilled an ice core in the Quelccaya Ice Cap (5764 masl), located in the Cordillera Vilcanota. The ice core reached bed rock at 128.3 meters depth. One of the aims of the project is to retrieve paleoenvironmental information of the Amazonic region. The first part of the project is focusing on understanding the most recent record of the ice core, identifying possible proxies and correlation between Amaz

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