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Constructing an Ultra-high Resolution Atmospheric Methane Record for the Last 140,000 Years from WAIS Divide Core

Entry ID: NSIDC-0509

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Summary

Abstract: A high-resolution (every 50 yr) methane data set that will play a pivotal role in developing the timescale for the new deep ice core being drilled at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS Divde) site as well as providing a common stratigraphic framework for comparing climate records from Greenland and WAIS Divide.

Purpose: It will directly benefit all ice core paleoclimate research and will impact the paleoclimate studies that rely on ice core timescales for correlation purposes.

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Description: The Antarctic Glaciological Data Center (AGDC) at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) archives and distributes Antarctic glaciological and cryospheric system data collected by the U.S. Antarctic Program.

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Description: NSF-OPP Award #1043500

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -79.47

S: -79.47

E: 112.09

W: 112.09

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

LABORATORY

FIELD INVESTIGATION

Instrument

CORING DEVICES

MASS SPECTROMETERS

Project

NSF/OPP > Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation

Ancillary Keywords

methane

Ice core

Antarctica

Originating Center

Penn State University Department of Geosciences

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

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/

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

Personnel

TODD A. SOWERS

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 814-863-8093

Fax: 814-863-8724

Email: todd.sowers5 at gmail.com, sowers at geosc.psu.edu

Contact Address:

237 Deike Building, Dept. of Geosciences

Penn State University

City: University Park

Province or State: Pennsylvania

Postal Code: 16802

Country: USA

NSIDC AGDC USER SERVICES

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

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

Publications/References

Todd Sowers. "Atmospheric methane isotope records covering the Holocene period," Quaternary Science Reviews, v.29, Iss, 2010.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2011-11-22

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-11-22

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