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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Main Authors: Souney, Joseph, Jr, Twickler, Mark S, Hargreaves, Geoffrey M, Bencivengo, Brian M, Kippenhan, Matthew J, Johnson, Jay A, Cravens, Eric D, Neff, Peter D, Nunn, Richard M, Orsi, Anais J, Popp, Trevor J, Rhoades, John F, Vaughn, Bruce H, Voigt, Donald E, Wong, Gifford J, Taylor, Kendrick C
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository 2014
Subjects:
glaciological instruments and methods
ice core
ice coring
Glaciology
Antarctic
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://scholars.unh.edu/ersc/35
https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1034&context=ersc
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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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