Disko Bay Project, Greenland: ice sheet and ice cap firn core physical and chemical stratigraphy

• Main Authors: Sarah Das, Luke Trusel, Matthew Osman
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2015
• Subjects: Greenland; Density; Firn; Ice core; Glaciochemistry; Isotopes; Stratigraphy; Nuussuaq; Collaborative Research: Investigating the Influence of Sea-surface Variability on Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Outlet Glacier Behavior using Records from Disko Bugt, West Greenland; Disko Bay; Disko bugt; glacier; Ice cap; ice core; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:9635902b-efe8-4341-8572-103ec7819d17

This dataset is comprised of physical and chemical stratigraphic records from firn cores collected on the western flank of the Greenland Ice Sheet, and ice caps on Disko Island, Greenland and the Nuussuaq Peninsula, Greenland. These cores were collected in support of the NSF project Collaborative Research: Investigating the Influence of Sea-surface Variability on Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Outlet Glacier Behavior using Records from Disko Bugt, West Greenland. The overall goal of this project is to further our understanding of ocean-ice-atmosphere interaction around the Disko Bay region of west Greenland, with a particular focus on the role of coastal climate and sea surface variability in modulating past outlet glacier behavior and ice sheet/cap mass balance (snowfall and melt) over recent centuries. The specific project goals are: 1) to find suitable new 'coastal' ice coring sites surrounding Disko Bay using geophysical, remote sensing and glaciochemical techniques; 2) to retrieve and analyze new ice/firn cores; 3) to develop new glaciochemical and stratigraphic records from these cores to reconstruct past environmental conditions in the region.