M. Stievenard et al., MASS-SPECTROMETRY ANALYSIS OF WATER-STABLE ISOTOPES - RECONSTRUCTION OF PAST CLIMATES FROM POLAR ICE CORES, Analusis, 22(7), 1994, pp. 130000021-130000024
The determination of D/H and O-18/O-16 isotopic ratios in ice accumula
ted in polar regions allows us to reconstruct pst temperature changes
over glacial-interglacial cycles. They are also used to estimate past
accumulation changes and thus the age of the ice with respect to depth
. In addition, they can give additional information about the origin o
f polar precipitations.