Dieter Tetzner, Author at British Antarctic Survey

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Dieter Tetzner

Ice Core Scientist

I am a postdoctoral researcher working on the ice core group at the British Antarctic Survey. My research focuses on using ice core records to reconstruct past environmental changes in polar and sub-polar regions. My approach combines traditional ice chemistry with the novel analysis of insoluble microparticles trapped in the ice to understand the evolution of climate.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2025

Tetzner, Dieter R. . Allen, Claire S. . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Wolff, Eric W. . Franzke, Christian L.E. . (2025) Timing of the Recent Migration and Intensification of the Southern Hemisphere Westerly Winds.

Tetzner, Dieter R. . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Allen, Claire S. . McCulloch, Robert D. . Perren, Bianca B. . McGuire, Amy. Segato, Delia . Temme, Franziska. Fürst, Johannes J. . Moser, Dorothea . Fernandoy, Francisco . Rada, Camilo . Humby, Jack . Miller, Shaun. (2025) The First Firn Core From the Cordillera Darwin Icefield: Implications for Future Ice Core Research.

Temme, Franziska . Sommer, Christian . Schaefer, Marius . Jaña, Ricardo. Arigony-Neto, Jorge . Gonzalez, Inti. Izagirre, Eñaut . Giesecke, Ricardo. Tetzner, Dieter . Fürst, Johannes J. . (2025) Climate’s firm grip on glacier ablation in the Cordillera Darwin Icefield, Tierra del Fuego.

Tetzner, Dieter R. . Allen, Claire S. . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Humby, Jack . (2025) Use of excess meltwater from continuous flow analysis systems for the analysis of low concentration insoluble microparticles in ice cores.

2024

Lagorio, Serena. Delmonte, Barbara. Tetzner, Dieter . Malinverno, Elisa. Baccolo, Giovanni. Stenni, Barbara. Frezzotti, Massimo. Maggi, Valter. Bertler, Nancy. (2024) Aeolian dust and diatoms at Roosevelt Island (Ross Sea, Antarctica) over the last 2 millennia reveal the local expression of climate changes and the history of the Ross Sea polynya.

Strawson, Ivo. Faïn, Xavier. Bauska, Thomas K. . Muschitiello, Francesco. Vladimirova, Diana O. . Tetzner, Dieter R. . Humby, Jack . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Liu, Pengfei. Zhang, Bingqing. Grilli, Roberto. Rhodes, Rachael H. (2024) Historical Southern Hemisphere biomass burning variability inferred from ice core carbon monoxide records.

Allen, Claire S. . Tetzner, Dieter . Pike, Jennifer. Stickley, Catherine. Jones, Vivienne J. Editors: Elias, Scott (2024) Antarctic Waters.

2023

Segato, Delia. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Tetzner, Dieter . Jackson, Sarah. Moser, Dorothea Elisabeth . Turetta, Clara. Fernandez, Rafael P. Saiz-Lopez, Alfonso. Pedro, Joel. Markle, Bradley. Spolaor, Andrea. (2023) Investigating halogens and MSA in the Southern Hemisphere: A spatial analysis.

Dalaiden, Quentin. Rezsohazy, Jeanne. Goosse, Hugues. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Vladimirova, Diana O. . Tetzner, Dieter . (2023) An unprecedented sea ice retreat in the Weddell Sea driving an overall decrease of the Antarctic sea-ice extent over the 20th century.

Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Vladimirova, Diana O. . Tetzner, Dieter R. . Emanuelsson, B. Daniel . Chellman, Nathan. Dixon, Daniel A. Goosse, Hugues. Grieman, Mackenzie M. King, Amy C.F. . Sigl, Michael. Udy, Danielle G. Vance, Tessa R. Winski, Dominic A. Winton, V. Holly L. Bertler, Nancy A.N. Hori, Akira. Laluraj, Chavarukonam M. McConnell, Joseph R. Motizuki, Yuko. Takahashi, Kazuya. Motoyama, Hideaki. Nakai, Yoichi. Schwanck, Franciéle. Simões, Jefferson Cardia. Gaudie Ley Lindau, Filipe. Severi, Mirko. Traversi, Rita. Wauthy, Sarah. Xiao, Cunde. Yang, Jiao. Mosely-Thompson, Ellen. Khodzher, Tamara V. Golobokova, Ludmila P. Ekaykin, Alexey A. (2023) Ice core chemistry database: an Antarctic compilation of sodium and sulfate records spanning the past 2000 years.

Thomas, Elizabeth Ruth . Tetzner, Dieter . Markle, Bradley. Pedro, Joel. Gacitúa, Guisella. Moser, Dorothea Elisabeth . Jackson, Sarah. (2023) The first firn core from Peter 1st Island – capturing climate variability across the Bellingshausen Sea.

Thomas, E.R. . Tetzner, D.R. . Roberts, S.L. Turner, S.D. Rose, N.L. (2023) First evidence of industrial fly-ash in an Antarctic ice core.

Thomas, Elizabeth R.. . Vladimirova, Diana O. . Tetzner, Dieter R. . Emanuelsson, Daniel B. . Humby, Jack . Turner, Simon D. Rose, Neil L. Roberts, Sarah L. Gaca, Pawel. Cundy, Andrew B. (2023) The Palmer ice core as a candidate Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene series.

Bastías, Joaquín. Chew, David. Villanueva, Camila. Riley, Teal . Manfroi, Joseline. Trevisan, Cristine. Leppe, Marcelo. Castillo, Paula. Poblete, Fernando. Tetzner, Dieter . Giuliani, Gregory. López, Bastián. Chen, Hong. Zheng, Guang-Gao. Zhao, Yue. Rauch, Anna. Jaña, Ricardo A. (2023) The South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: unified lithostratigraphy and geological map.

2022

Rowell, Isobel. Pryer, Helena. Martin, Carlos. Tetzner, Dieter . Doyle, Emily. Mulvaney, Robert . Wolff, Eric. (2022) An age scale for new climate records from Sherman Island, West Antarctica.

Rowell, Isobel F. Mulvaney, Robert . Rix, Julius . Tetzner, Dieter R. . Wolff, Eric W. (2022) Viability of chemical and water isotope ratio measurements of RAID ice chippings from Antarctica.

Tetzner, Dieter R. . Allen, Claire S. . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . (2022) Regional variability of diatoms in ice cores from the Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land, Antarctica.

Emanuelsson, B. Daniel . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Tetzner, Dieter R. . Humby, Jack D. . Vladimirova, Diana O. . (2022) Ice core chronologies from the Antarctic Peninsula: The Palmer, Jurassic, and Rendezvous age-scales.

2021

Tetzner, Dieter R. . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Allen, Claire S. . Permattei, Alma. (2021) Evidence of recent active volcanism in the Balleny Islands (Antarctica) from ice core records.

Moser, Dorothea Elisabeth . Jackson, Sarah. Kjær, Helle Astrid. Markle, Bradley. Ngoumtsa, Estelle. Pedro, Joel B. Segato, Delia. Spolaor, andrea. Tetzner, Dieter . Vallelonga, Paul. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . (2021) An age scale for the first shallow (sub-)Antarctic ice core from Young Island, Northwest Ross Sea.

Tetzner, Dieter R. . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Allen, Claire S. . Grieman, Mackenzie M. (2021) Regional validation of the use of diatoms in ice cores from the Antarctic Peninsula as a Southern Hemisphere westerly wind proxy.

King, A.C.F. . Tetzner, D.R. . (2021) Exploring novel ice-core proxies for paleoclimate reconstruction in the sub-Antarctic.

Tetzner, Dieter . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Allen, Claire S. . Wolff, Eric W. (2021) A refined method to analyse insoluble particulate matter in ice cores, and its application to diatom sampling in the Antarctic Peninsula.

2020

Hoffmann, Kirstin. Fernandoy, Francisco. Meyer, Hanno. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Aliaga, Marcelo. Tetzner, Dieter . Freitag, Johannes. Opel, Thomas. Arigony-Neto, Jorge. Göbel, Christian Florian. Jaña, Ricardo. Rodríguez Oroz, Delia. Tuckwell, Rebecca . Ludlow, Emily. McConnell, Joseph R. Schneider, Christoph. (2020) Stable water isotopes and accumulation rates in the Union Glacier region, Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica, over the last 35 years.

Allen, Claire . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Blagbrough, Hilary . Tetzner, Dieter . Warren, Richard A. Ludlow, Emily C. Bracegirdle, Thomas J. . (2020) Preliminary evidence for the role played by south westerly wind strength on the marine diatom content of an Antarctic Peninsula ice core (1980–2010).

2019

Tetzner, Dieter . Thomas, Elizabeth . Allen, Claire . (2019) A validation of ERA5 reanalysis data in the southern Antarctic Peninsula – Ellsworth Land region, and its implications for ice core studies.

2018

Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Tetzner, Dieter R. . Editors: Kanao, Masaki (2018) The climate of the Antarctic Peninsula during the 20th century- evidence from ice cores.

Tetzner, D., Allen, C., & Thomas, E. (2026). Annual diatom abundance and seasonal diatom concentration from the Bouvet Island firn core, Antarctic Peninsula, 2000-2015 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a6a1aa67-c906-4887-8983-8ef07897a74e
Tetzner, D., Thomas, E., Allen, C., McCulloch, R., Perren, B., McGuire, A., Segato, D., Moser, D., Humby, J., & Miller, S. (2025). Major ions, Stable water isotopes, Microparticle (dust, diatoms, pollen and spores) and electrical conductivity records from the first Cordillera Darwin ice core 2017 – 2020 CE (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/2d9b5828-45d2-4361-b23b-cf027c15e97c
Tetzner, D., Temme, F., & Furst, J. (2025). ERA5 daily downscaled surface air temperature and snowfall at two Cordillera Darwin high elevation sites 2000 – 2022 CE (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/eddc907c-f8e9-48c4-9f23-de0f674dbee0
Tetzner, D., Allen, C., Thomas, E., Wolff, E., & Franzke, C. (2025). Annual diatom abundance and diversity from the Jurassic ice core, Antarctic Peninsula (1873-2012 CE) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/371f680f-2c0b-4558-9a85-12aa8722be7e
Thomas, E., Vladimirova, D., & Tetzner, D. (2022). CLIVASH2k Antarctic ice core chemistry database (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/9e0ed16e-f2ab-4372-8df3-fde7e388c9a7
Tetzner, D., Thomas, E., & Allen, C. (2022). Annual microparticle and ion fluxes in the Jurassic, Sherman Island and Sky-Blu ice cores (1992-2019 CE) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/9ce1fd9f-cfaf-44fa-aa5d-45c24c0a76cc
Tetzner, D., Allen, C., & Thomas, E. (2022). Annual and sub-annual diatom abundance and distribution in the Jurassic, Rothschild Island, Sherman Island and Sky-Blu ice cores (1992-2019 CE) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e7166724-e7fa-4267-a2a7-6207ede57f70
Emanuelsson, D., Thomas, E., Tetzner, D., Humby, J., & Vladimirova, D. (2022). Age scales for the Palmer, Jurassic, and Rendezvous Antarctic Peninsula Ice Cores (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/b3eca350-79aa-49b2-bd6b-ffee86ad6559
Moser, D., & Thomas, E. (2021). Four approaches leading to the age scale of the Young Island ice core (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/8b60d15f-c8a5-4178-b7c2-0fef4a2717d2

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