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Newall Glacier Snow Pit and Ice Core, 1987 to 1989

Entry ID: NSIDC-0088

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Summary

Abstract: Snow pit and ice core data from the Newall Glacier (location - 162 30' East, 77 35' South) were collected during 1987 and 1988. These include information on chemistry, Beta profiles and stratigraphy. Ice cores were collected during the austral summer of 1988-1989 and contain information on chemistry, Pb- 210 profiles, density profiles and temperature profiles. Core A was 175 meters long and core B ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -77.0

S: -77.0

E: 162.0

W: 162.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Sallie Whitlow and Paul Mayewski

Dataset Title: Newall Glacier Snow Pit and Ice Core, 1987 to 1989

Dataset Release Date: 1999-01-01

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0088.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1987-11-01

Stop Date: 1988-01-31

Start Date: 1988-11-01

Stop Date: 1989-01-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Instrument

CORING DEVICES

Ancillary Keywords

AGDC

Antarctic

Glaciology

NSIDC

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0088

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

NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/agdc/
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0088

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC AGDC 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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at the National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0088

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC NOAA 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

Distribution

Distribution Media: ftp

Distribution Size: 118 KB

Distribution Format: ASCII text

Fees: none

Personnel

SALLIE WHITLOW

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: +1 (603) 862-4129

Email: siw at unh.edu

Contact Address:

Glacier Research Group

Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space

Morse Hall

University of New Hampshire

City: Durham

Province or State: NH

Postal Code: 03824

Country: USA

Publications/References

Mayewski, P.A. et al. 1995. An ice-core based, late Holocene history for the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. Contributions to Antarctic Research IV. Antarctic Res. Series, 67:33-45. Welch, K. A. 1993. Glaciochemical investigations of the Newall Glacier, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. MS thesis. University of New Hampshire. Welch, K. A., P.A. Mayewski and S. I. Whitlow. 1993. Methanesulfonic acid in coastal Antarctic snow related to sea- ice extent. Geophys. Res. Lett. 20:443-446.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2000-05-09

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-07-28

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