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

被引:15
作者
Souney, Joseph M. [1 ]
Twickler, Mark S. [1 ]
Hargreaves, Geoffrey M. [2 ]
Bencivengo, Brian M. [2 ]
Kippenhan, Matthew J. [3 ]
Johnson, Jay A. [4 ]
Cravens, Eric D. [5 ]
Neff, Peter D. [6 ]
Nunn, Richard M. [2 ]
Orsi, Anais J. [7 ]
Popp, Trevor J. [8 ]
Rhoades, John F. [2 ]
Vaughn, Bruce H. [9 ]
Voigt, Donald E. [10 ]
Wong, Gifford J. [11 ]
Taylor, Kendrick C. [12 ]
机构
[1] Univ New Hampshire, Inst Study Earth Oceans & Space, Durham, NH 03824 USA
[2] US Geol Survey, Natl Ice Core Lab, Denver, CO 80225 USA
[3] US Antarct Program, Antarct Support Contract, Denver, CO USA
[4] Univ Wisconsin, Ice Drilling Design & Operat, Madison, WI USA
[5] ADC Management Serv Inc, Lakewood, CO USA
[6] Victoria Univ Wellington, Antarct Res Ctr, Wellington, New Zealand
[7] CEA CNRS UVSQ IPSL, Lab Sci Climat & Environm, Gif Sur Yvette, France
[8] Univ Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Inst, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
[9] Univ Colorado, Inst Arct & Alpine Res, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[10] Penn State Univ, Dept Geosci, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[11] Dartmouth Coll, Dept Earth Sci, Hanover, NH 03755 USA
[12] Nevada Syst Higher Educ, Desert Res Inst, Reno, NV USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
glaciological instruments and methods; ice core; ice coring; MM ELECTROMECHANICAL DRILL; LAST GLACIAL PERIOD; WEST ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND; DESIGN; SYSTEM; SITE;
D O I
10.3189/2014AoG68A008
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
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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页码:15 / 26
页数:12
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