Drilling, processing and first results for Mount Johns ice core in West Antarctica Ice Sheet

• Published in: Brazilian Journal of Geology
• Main Authors: Franciele Schwanck, Jefferson Cardia Simões, Michael Handley, Paul Andrew Mayewski, Ronaldo Torma Bernardo, Francisco Eliseu Aquino
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; French; Portuguese
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia
• Subjects: Elementos-traço; Testemunho de gelo; Manto de gelo antártico; ICP-SFMS; Geology; QE1-996.5; Austral; Patagonia; West Antarctica; Mount Johns; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/2317-4889201620150035; https://doaj.org/article/63f4916b18e54d74aaa6fee46121d9f5

ABSTRACT: An ice core, 92.26 m in length, was collected near the ice divide of the West Antarctica ice sheet during the 2008/2009 austral summer. This paper described the fieldwork at the Mount Johns site (79º55'S; 94º23'W) and presented the first results of the upper 45.00 m record coveri...