Preliminary evidence indicating Dome A (Antarctica) satisfying preconditions for drilling the oldest ice core

• Published in: Chinese Science Bulletin
• Main Authors: Xiao, C, Li, Y, Hou, S, Allison, I, Bian, L, Ren, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Science China Press 2007
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Glaciology; Antarctic; Dome F; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-007-0520-6; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/100646

Lowest temperature and snow accumulation rate are preconditions for retrieving the oldest ice core from the polar ice sheets. The 10-m depth firn temperature at Dome A, the summit of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, recorded by an automatic weather station (AWS) was −58.3C in 2005 and −58.2C in 2006, respec...