Core handling and processing for the WAIS Divide ice-core project

On 1 December 2011 the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice-core project reached its final depth of 3405 m. The WAIS Divide ice core is not only the longest US ice core to date, but is also the highest-quality deep ice core, including ice from the brittle ice zone, that the US has ever recover...

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Published in:Annals of Glaciology
Main Authors: SOUNEY, Joseph, TWICKLER, Mark, HARGREAVES, Geoffrey, BENCIVENGO, Brian, KIPPENHAN, Matthew, JOHNSON, Jay, CRAVENS, Eric, NEFF, Peter, NUNN, Richard, ORSI, Anais, POPP, Trevor, RHOADES, John, VAUGHN, Bruce, VOIGT, Donald, WONG, Gifford, TAYLOR, Kendrick
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: International Glaciological Society 2014
Subjects:
Planète et Univers [physics]/Océan
Atmosphère
Planète et Univers [physics]/Interfaces continentales
environnement
Antarctic
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Antarc*
ice core
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/35471
https://doi.org/10.3189/2014AoG68A008
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Summary:On 1 December 2011 the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice-core project reached its final depth of 3405 m. The WAIS Divide ice core is not only the longest US ice core to date, but is also the highest-quality deep ice core, including ice from the brittle ice zone, that the US has ever recovered. The methods used at WAIS Divide to handle and log the drilled ice, the procedures used to safely retrograde the ice back to the US National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) and the methods used to process and sample the ice at the NICL are described and discussed.

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