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ICE CORE

Dominion Range, Newall Glacier - Core and Snowpit Chemistry Data
Map of data site
Mayewski, P.A., W.B. Lyons, G. Zielinski, M. Twickler, S. Whitlow, J. Dibb, P. Grootes, K. Taylor, P.Y. Whung, L. Fosberry, C. Wake, and K. Welch. 1995. An ice-core based, late Holocene history for the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. Contributions to Antarctic Research IV, Antarctic Research Series 67:33-45.
Data Coverage North: -77.58 * South: -85.25
East: 166.17 * West: 162.5
Altitude: 2700 m

Start Year: -6000 AD   End Year: 2000 AD

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
  antarctica/dominion/core_18o.txt
  antarctica/dominion/core_chem_final.txt
  antarctica/dominion/dr_210.txt
  antarctica/dominion/dr_beta.txt
  antarctica/dominion/pit_6m_chem.txt
  antarctica/dominion/pit_6m_density.txt
  antarctica/dominion/pit_dr3n_chem.txt
  antarctica/dominion/pit_dr3n_density.txt
  antarctica/dominion/pit_dr3s_chem.txt
  antarctica/dominion/pit_dr3s_density.txt
  antarctica/dominion/pit_dr5_chem.txt
  antarctica/dominion/pit_dr7_chem.txt
   antarctica/dominion/pit_dr7_chem.txt
  antarctica/dominion/readme_dominion.txt
  antarctica/newall/core_chem.txt
  antarctica/newall/core_density.txt
  antarctica/newall/core_temp.txt
  antarctica/newall/pb210_data.txt
  antarctica/newall/pit_87_beta.txt
  antarctica/newall/pit_87_chem.txt
  antarctica/newall/pit_87_strat.txt
  antarctica/newall/pit_88_beta.txt
  antarctica/newall/pit_88_chem.txt
  antarctica/newall/readme_newall.txt

Summary:

Records of past temperature, precipitation, atmospheric trace gases, and other aspects of climate and environment derived from ice cores drilled on glaciers and ice caps around the world. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this data set. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the data set citations.
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Parameters:

magnesium ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); delta 18O PDB (per mille); beta; density kilograms per cubic meter; nitrate ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); methane sulfonic acid concentration (nano-moles per cubic meter STP of air); Readme; ammonium ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); sodium ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); potassium ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); calcium ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); Snow Stratigraphy; chlorine ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); borehole temperature (degrees Celcius); sulfate ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); Lead 210; particle concentration (number per milliliter); Acidity

Complete XML Record:

noaa-icecore-2427  (Last Revised: 2008-06-19 )

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