Byrd Ice Core Microparticle and Chemistry Data

• Main Authors: Blunier, Thomas, Fluckiger, Jacqueline, Thompson, L. G., Brook, Edward J
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2004
• Subjects: Byrd; Antarctic Glaciology; Byrd Ice Core; Chemistry:Ice; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Antarctica; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Cryosphere; Geochemistry; US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC); Antarctic; Byrd Station; Antarc*; ice core; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/609247

Abstract: This data set consists of microparticle and chemistry data from Byrd Ice Core, the first ice core to reach bedrock in Antarctica. The core was drilled with a cable-suspended electromechanical rotary drill at Byrd Station, Antarctica. The vertical thickness of the ice was 2164 meters and more than 99 percent of the core was recovered. Cores were sought for investigations of the physical properties of the ice sheet, the nature of the ice-rock contact, and the composition of the underlying bedrock.