[Keyword='Glaciology']
Volcanic Records in the Siple and Taylor Dome Ice Cores
Entry ID: NSIDC-0126

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Summary
Abstract: This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This data set includes backscattered electron images of tephra samples extracted from the Siple and Taylor Dome ice cores, as well as electron microprobe analyses of glass shards in cases where significant compositionally-consistent glass populations were present. The data set also includes data on the amount of volcanically derived sulfate deposited on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and recorded in the Siple Dome ice core.
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -81.0   S: -81.0   E: -149.0   W: -149.0
  N: -77.95   S: -77.95   E: 158.79   W: 158.79

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Gregory Zielinski, Nelia Dunbar
Dataset Title: Volcanic Records in the Siple and Taylor Dome Ice Cores
Dataset Series Name: WAISCORES
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Data Presentation Form: table
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0126.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1996-01-01
Stop Date: 1999-12-31
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
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Platform
GROUND STATIONS Ancillary Description
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS Ancillary Description
Instrument
CORING DEVICES Ancillary Description
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0126

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES
Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199
Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc at nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
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Distribution
Distribution Media: ftp
Distribution Size: 23.6 MB .tif files, combined, 29 KB Excel file, 74 KB text files, combined
Distribution Format: 29 .tif backscatter electron (BSE) images, 1 Microsoft Excel file, 3 ASCII text
Personnel
GREGORY A. ZIELINSKI
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 207-581-3441
Fax: 207-581-1203
Email: gzielinski at maine.edu
Contact Address:
Climate Change Institute
318 Bryand Global Sciences Center
University of Maine
City: Orono
Province or State: ME
Postal Code: 04469-5790
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2003-03-07
Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-06-30

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