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ICE CORE

East Rongbuk Glacier - 1,000 Year Geochemical Data
Map of data site
Kaspari, S., P. Mayewski, S. Kang, S. Sneed, S. Hou, R. Hooke, K. Kreutz, D. Introne, M. Handley, K. Maasch, D. Qin, and J. Ren. 2007. Reduction in northward incursions of the South Asian monsoon since ~1400 AD inferred from a Mt. Everest ice core. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L16701
Data Coverage North: 27.98 * South: 27.98
East: 86.92 * West: 86.92
Altitude: 6500 m

Start Year: 997 AD   End Year: 1997 AD

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
  trop/everest/rongbuk2007.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:

deuterium (per mille); calcium ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); chlorine ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram)

Complete XML Record:

noaa-icecore-6180  (Last Revised: 2009-01-26 )

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