The Second Deep Ice Coring Project at Dome Fuji, Antarctica

• Published in: Scientific Drilling
• Main Author: Hideaki Motoyama
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2007
• Subjects: Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; Dome Fuji; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2204/iodp.sd.5.05.2007; https://doaj.org/article/0c9315da6b8f47a5a67504b15c7fa28b

Throughout the history of the polar icecaps, dust and aerosols have been transported through the atmosphere to the poles, to be preserved within the annually freezing ice of the growing ice shields. Therefore, the Antarctic ice sheet is a “time capsule" for environmental data, containing information of ancient periods of Earth’s history. To unravel this history and decode cycles in glaciations and global change is among the major goals of the Dome Fuji Ice Coring Project.