Siple Dome, located at 81.658 S, 148.818W in West

• Main Authors: Anthony J. Gow, Debra A. Meese, Bindschadler Ice, Streams (former Ice Streams C
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Byrd; East Antarctica; Greenland; Mount Berlin; Siple; Siple Dome; Antarc*; Antarctica; Greenland Ice Sheet Project; ice core; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.634.6093; http://www.igsoc.org/journal/53/183/j06j072.pdf

ABSTRACT. Approximately 300 volcanic ash and dust layers were observed in the Siple Dome (Antarctica) ice core. Most of this tephra, deposited between 700 and 800m depth, consisted primarily of glass shards with varying amounts of crystalline material and groundmass fragments. The pattern of distrib...