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Over two and a half days, scientists with an interest in utilizing the RAID platform\u2014or the samples and boreholes it generates\u2014convened to devise a comprehensive, long-term deployment strategy. The outcome of this collaboration is a detailed Long Range Science Plan articulating the science community\u2019s envisioned applications for the facility. 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We identify critical science questions in four ice-sheet domains: (1) glaciology, glacial bed and sediment interface; (2) ice-core science and paleo-atmospheric records; (3) subglacial sampling, landscape history and bedrock evolution; and (4) borehole access and instrumentation. Potential drilling targets in East Antarctica are identified based on these science questions, principally in the corridor between South Pole and Dome A, the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, and the Aurora Highlands. To fully realize RAID\u2019s potential, a Heavy Science Traverse capability and resources to enable a high-altitude test season are crucial for demonstrating its capability on the Polar Plateau and establishing RAID as a long-term, interdisciplinary research facility. 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This project capitalizes on previous investments in field sampling. Analytical tools applied to single mineral grains extracted from existing collections of glacial till will generate ?fingerprints? of East Antarctic outlet glaciers and West Antarctic till to refine paleo-ice flow models for the Ross Embayment during the last glacial maximum, older records from ANDRILL cores, and to assess IRD sources in the Southern Ocean. New provenance tracers will include a suite of geochronological methods that together provide greater insights into the orogenic and erosional history the region. This project will include U/Pb of detrital zircons, (U-Th)/He on a subset of the U/Pb dated zircons, as well as Ar-Ar of detrital hornblende, mica and feldspars.\nBroader Impacts: This research will train one M.S. student at IUPUI, a Ph.D. student at Columbia, and several undergraduates at both institutions. Graduate students involved in the project will be involved in mentoring undergraduate researchers. 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Till samples will be collected from two well-preserved sequences of moraine crests at Mt. Howe (head of Scott Glacier) and Mt. Achernar (between Beardmore and Nimrod Glaciers). Each size fraction in glacial till provides potentially valuable information, and the PIs will measure the petrography of the clast and sand fractions, quantitative X-ray diffraction on the crushed \u003c2mm fraction, elemental abundance of the silt/clay fraction, and U/Pb of detrital zircons in the sand fraction. Data collection will rely on established methods previously used in this region and the PIs will also explore new methods to assess their efficacy. On the same moraines crests sampled for provenance studies, the PIs will sample for cosmogenic surface exposure analyses to provide a chronologic framework at the sites for provenance changes through time.\nBroader Impact: The proposed research involves graduate and undergraduate training in a diverse array of laboratory methods. 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Bedrock cosmogenic radionuclide and noble gas measurements from the McMurdo Dry Valleys
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1935945 |
2025-12-01 | Tremblay, Marissa; Granger, Darryl |
Collaborative
Research: Reconstructing Temperatures during the Mid-Pliocene Warm
Period in the McMurdo Dry Valleys with Cosmogenic Noble Gases |
This dataset contains (1) metadata about bedrock samples in the McMurdo Dry Valleys collected during a 2022 field season, (2) concentrations of cosmogenic radionuclides (Be-10 and Al-26) in quartz from these bedrock samples, and (3) concentrations of helium isotopes (He-3 and He-4) in quartz from these bedrock samples. All cosmogenic nuclide measurements took place at Purdue University. | ["POLYGON((160 -77,160.3 -77,160.6 -77,160.9 -77,161.2 -77,161.5 -77,161.8 -77,162.1 -77,162.4 -77,162.7 -77,163 -77,163 -77.1,163 -77.2,163 -77.3,163 -77.4,163 -77.5,163 -77.6,163 -77.7,163 -77.8,163 -77.9,163 -78,162.7 -78,162.4 -78,162.1 -78,161.8 -78,161.5 -78,161.2 -78,160.9 -78,160.6 -78,160.3 -78,160 -78,160 -77.9,160 -77.8,160 -77.7,160 -77.6,160 -77.5,160 -77.4,160 -77.3,160 -77.2,160 -77.1,160 -77))"] | ["POINT(161.5 -77.5)"] | false | false |
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FINAL AWARD REPORT: 2nd RAID Science Planning Workshop
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2348965 2348964 |
2025-06-27 | Shackleton, Sarah; Goodge, John; Balter-Kennedy, Allie; Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.; Yan, Shuai |
Collaborative Research: Conference: Conference support for the 2nd RAID Science Planning Workshop |
The US Rapid Access Ice Drill (RAID) is a new, one-of-a-kind drilling platform developed for deep ice- sheet research in Antarctica. This report summarizes outcomes of the 2nd RAID Science Planning Workshop, which took place in Herndon, Virginia, on September 25–27, 2024. Funded through a collaborative NSF award to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Planetary Science Institute, this workshop built upon the foundation established during the first NSF-supported RAID Science Planning Workshop held in La Jolla in 2017. Since then, significant advancements have been made with the RAID drilling platform and other emerging technologies and methodologies, motivating the gathering of scientists interested in collaborative use of this unique research tool. <br/> <br/>The primary objectives of the workshop were to: 1) re-envision how RAID can best address current scientific challenges, 2) update the science planning framework for future drilling activities, and 3) engage a new generation of polar researchers in RAID science and development. Over two and a half days, scientists with an interest in utilizing the RAID platform—or the samples and boreholes it generates—convened to devise a comprehensive, long-term deployment strategy. The outcome of this collaboration is a detailed Long Range Science Plan articulating the science community’s envisioned applications for the facility. This plan includes disciplinary perspectives that outline applications of the RAID platform to address crucial scientific questions related to the ice sheet and underlying bedrock. | ["POLYGON((-180 -60,-144 -60,-108 -60,-72 -60,-36 -60,0 -60,36 -60,72 -60,108 -60,144 -60,180 -60,180 -63,180 -66,180 -69,180 -72,180 -75,180 -78,180 -81,180 -84,180 -87,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87,-180 -84,-180 -81,-180 -78,-180 -75,-180 -72,-180 -69,-180 -66,-180 -63,-180 -60))"] | ["POINT(0 -89.999)"] | false | false |
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The future of deep ice-sheet research in Antarctica with the Rapid Access Ice Drill: A Long-Range Science Drilling Implementation Plan resulting from the 2nd RAID (Rapid Access Ice Drill) Science Planning Workshop
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2348964 2348965 |
2025-06-27 | Shackleton, Sarah; Goodge, John |
Collaborative Research: Conference: Conference support for the 2nd RAID Science Planning Workshop |
The NSF-funded Rapid Access Ice Drill (RAID) is the only existing research tool that can rapidly penetrate the deep interior East Antarctic Ice Sheet to enable direct observation and sampling of the near- basal glacial environment. Researchers from the Antarctic cryosphere and geosphere communities interested in using the RAID technology met for the 2nd RAID Science Planning Workshop, held in Herndon, Virginia from September 25-27, 2024. Goals of the workshop were to re-imagine how RAID can best be used to advance existing scientific questions and update the associated science planning needs for future drilling. The workshop brought together a multi-disciplinary group of scientists interested in using RAID, thereby growing participation of early-career polar researchers, promoting interdisciplinary research activities, and stimulating new cross-disciplinary research and proposal collaborations. A principal outcome of the workshop was development of a long-range science plan, embodied herein, that can provide scientific direction for future research that a platform like RAID can address. We identify critical science questions in four ice-sheet domains: (1) glaciology, glacial bed and sediment interface; (2) ice-core science and paleo-atmospheric records; (3) subglacial sampling, landscape history and bedrock evolution; and (4) borehole access and instrumentation. Potential drilling targets in East Antarctica are identified based on these science questions, principally in the corridor between South Pole and Dome A, the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, and the Aurora Highlands. To fully realize RAID’s potential, a Heavy Science Traverse capability and resources to enable a high-altitude test season are crucial for demonstrating its capability on the Polar Plateau and establishing RAID as a long-term, interdisciplinary research facility. Ideally, the RAID platform will be available to support peak activities of the 5th International Polar Year anticipated in 2032-33. | ["POLYGON((-180 -60,-144 -60,-108 -60,-72 -60,-36 -60,0 -60,36 -60,72 -60,108 -60,144 -60,180 -60,180 -63,180 -66,180 -69,180 -72,180 -75,180 -78,180 -81,180 -84,180 -87,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87,-180 -84,-180 -81,-180 -78,-180 -75,-180 -72,-180 -69,-180 -66,-180 -63,-180 -60))"] | ["POINT(0 -89.999)"] | false | false |
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MOT data (Xe/Kr) from Allan Hills ice cores ALHIC1901, 1902, and 1903
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1744993 |
2025-02-12 | Higgins, John |
Center for Oldest Ice Exploration Collaborative research: Snapshots of Early and Mid-Pleistocene Climate and Atmospheric Composition from the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area |
Between about 2.8-0.9 Ma, Earth’s climate was characterized by 40 kyr cycles, driven or paced by changes in the tilt of Earth’s spin axis. Much is known about the 40k world from studies of deep-sea sediments, but our understanding of climate change during this period and the transition between the 40kyr glacial cycles from 2.8-0.9 Ma and the 100kyr glacial cycles of the last 0.9 Myr is incomplete because we lack records of Antarctic climate and direct records of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. We propose to address these issues by building on our recent studies of >1 Ma ice discovered in shallow ice cores in the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area (BIA), Antarctica. During the 2015-2016 field season we recovered ice from two nearby drill cores that dates to > 2 million years in age using the 40Ar/38Ar ratio of the trapped gases. Our discovery of ice of this antiquity in two cores demonstrates that there is gas-record quality ice from the 40k world in the Allan Hills BIA. To further characterize the composition of Earth’s atmosphere and Antarctic climate during the 40k world we request support for two field seasons to drill new large-volume (4” or 9” diameter) ice cores at sites where we have previously identified >1 Ma ice and nearby sites where ground penetrating radar has identified bedrock features conducive to the preservation of old ice. | ["POINT(159.356125 -76.732376)"] | ["POINT(159.356125 -76.732376)"] | false | false |
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CO2 and CH4 from Allan Hills ice cores ALHIC1901, 1902, and 1903
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1744993 |
2025-02-12 | Higgins, John |
Collaborative research: Snapshots of Early and Mid-Pleistocene Climate and Atmospheric Composition from the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area Center for Oldest Ice Exploration |
Between about 2.8-0.9 Ma, Earth’s climate was characterized by 40 kyr cycles, driven or paced by changes in the tilt of Earth’s spin axis. Much is known about the 40k world from studies of deep-sea sediments, but our understanding of climate change during this period and the transition between the 40kyr glacial cycles from 2.8-0.9 Ma and the 100kyr glacial cycles of the last 0.9 Myr is incomplete because we lack records of Antarctic climate and direct records of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. We propose to address these issues by building on our recent studies of >1 Ma ice discovered in shallow ice cores in the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area (BIA), Antarctica. During the 2015-2016 field season we recovered ice from two nearby drill cores that dates to > 2 million years in age using the 40Ar/38Ar ratio of the trapped gases. Our discovery of ice of this antiquity in two cores demonstrates that there is gas-record quality ice from the 40k world in the Allan Hills BIA. To further characterize the composition of Earth’s atmosphere and Antarctic climate during the 40k world we request support for two field seasons to drill new large-volume (4” or 9” diameter) ice cores at sites where we have previously identified >1 Ma ice and nearby sites where ground penetrating radar has identified bedrock features conducive to the preservation of old ice. <br/> | ["POINT(159.3562 -76.73243)"] | ["POINT(159.3562 -76.73243)"] | false | false |
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Heavy noble gases (Ar/Xe/Kr) from ALHIC1901, 1902, and 1903
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1744993 |
2025-02-11 | Higgins, John |
Collaborative research: Snapshots of Early and Mid-Pleistocene Climate and Atmospheric Composition from the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area Center for Oldest Ice Exploration |
Between about 2.8-0.9 Ma, Earth’s climate was characterized by 40 kyr cycles, driven or paced by changes in the tilt of Earth’s spin axis. Much is known about the 40k world from studies of deep-sea sediments, but our understanding of climate change during this period and the transition between the 40kyr glacial cycles from 2.8-0.9 Ma and the 100kyr glacial cycles of the last 0.9 Myr is incomplete because we lack records of Antarctic climate and direct records of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. We propose to address these issues by building on our recent studies of >1 Ma ice discovered in shallow ice cores in the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area (BIA), Antarctica. During the 2015-2016 field season we recovered ice from two nearby drill cores that dates to > 2 million years in age using the 40Ar/38Ar ratio of the trapped gases. Our discovery of ice of this antiquity in two cores demonstrates that there is gas-record quality ice from the 40k world in the Allan Hills BIA. To further characterize the composition of Earth’s atmosphere and Antarctic climate during the 40k world we request support for two field seasons to drill new large-volume (4” or 9” diameter) ice cores at sites where we have previously identified >1 Ma ice and nearby sites where ground penetrating radar has identified bedrock features conducive to the preservation of old ice. | [] | [] | false | false |
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Ice-penetrating radar data from the northern embayment of the Mt. Murphy massif
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1738989 |
2024-11-13 | Campbell, Seth; Goehring, Brent; Balco, Gregory |
NSF-NERC: Geological History Constraints on the Magnitude of Grounding Line Retreat in the Thwaites Glacier System |
Contains ice-penetrating radar data (10, 100, and 400 MHz) from the north side of the Mt. Murphy massif. Most of these data are closely spaced lines used for reconnaissance and site selection for a subglacial bedrock recovery drilling project very close to the ice margin at the north ridge of Kay Peak, a sub-peak of the massif. In addition, there are several longer exploratory lines that cross the embayment between the massif and the Crosson Ice Shelf, some of which may cross grounding lines. | ["POLYGON((-110.9665 -75.1967,-110.92041 -75.1967,-110.87432 -75.1967,-110.82822999999999 -75.1967,-110.78214 -75.1967,-110.73605 -75.1967,-110.68996 -75.1967,-110.64386999999999 -75.1967,-110.59778 -75.1967,-110.55169000000001 -75.1967,-110.5056 -75.1967,-110.5056 -75.20331,-110.5056 -75.20992000000001,-110.5056 -75.21653,-110.5056 -75.22314,-110.5056 -75.22975,-110.5056 -75.23636,-110.5056 -75.24297,-110.5056 -75.24958,-110.5056 -75.25619,-110.5056 -75.2628,-110.55169000000001 -75.2628,-110.59778 -75.2628,-110.64386999999999 -75.2628,-110.68996 -75.2628,-110.73605 -75.2628,-110.78214 -75.2628,-110.82822999999999 -75.2628,-110.87432 -75.2628,-110.92041 -75.2628,-110.9665 -75.2628,-110.9665 -75.25619,-110.9665 -75.24958,-110.9665 -75.24297,-110.9665 -75.23636,-110.9665 -75.22975,-110.9665 -75.22314,-110.9665 -75.21653,-110.9665 -75.20992000000001,-110.9665 -75.20331,-110.9665 -75.1967))"] | ["POINT(-110.73605 -75.22975)"] | false | false |
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Firn and Ice Density at Winkie Nunatak
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2317097 |
2024-10-02 | Venturelli, Ryan |
NSF-NERC: Geological History Constraints on the Magnitude of Grounding Line Retreat in the Thwaites Glacier System |
This data set contains an ice and firn density profile from Winkie Nunatak, West Antarctica. These data were collected when drilling a sub-ice access hole with an Eclipse drill in preparation for Winkie drill collection of subglacial bedrock. | ["POLYGON((-99.793 -74.857,-99.7882 -74.857,-99.7834 -74.857,-99.77860000000001 -74.857,-99.77380000000001 -74.857,-99.769 -74.857,-99.7642 -74.857,-99.7594 -74.857,-99.75460000000001 -74.857,-99.74980000000001 -74.857,-99.745 -74.857,-99.745 -74.8583,-99.745 -74.8596,-99.745 -74.8609,-99.745 -74.8622,-99.745 -74.8635,-99.745 -74.8648,-99.745 -74.8661,-99.745 -74.8674,-99.745 -74.8687,-99.745 -74.87,-99.74980000000001 -74.87,-99.75460000000001 -74.87,-99.7594 -74.87,-99.7642 -74.87,-99.769 -74.87,-99.77380000000001 -74.87,-99.77860000000001 -74.87,-99.7834 -74.87,-99.7882 -74.87,-99.793 -74.87,-99.793 -74.8687,-99.793 -74.8674,-99.793 -74.8661,-99.793 -74.8648,-99.793 -74.8635,-99.793 -74.8622,-99.793 -74.8609,-99.793 -74.8596,-99.793 -74.8583,-99.793 -74.857))"] | ["POINT(-99.769 -74.8635)"] | false | false |
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Bedrock sample data, Ford Ranges region (Marie Byrd Land)
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0944600 9615282 0338279 |
2024-08-30 | Siddoway, Christine |
Gneiss Dome architecture: Investigation of Form and Process in the Fosdick Mountains, W. Antarctica Air-Ground Study of Tectonics at the Boundary Between the Eastern Ross Embayment and Western Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica: Basement Geology and Structure |
Data table containing list of bedrock samples from Ford Ranges, western Marie Byrd Land. Collected and contributed by C.Siddoway, NSF principle investigator and expedition leader during 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2005-6, 2006-7, 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. Includes some bedrock samples obtained during 1998-9 and 1989-90 seasons during doctoral research at UCSB. | ["POLYGON((-155.5 -75.4,-154.09 -75.4,-152.68 -75.4,-151.27 -75.4,-149.86 -75.4,-148.45 -75.4,-147.04 -75.4,-145.63 -75.4,-144.22 -75.4,-142.81 -75.4,-141.4 -75.4,-141.4 -75.682,-141.4 -75.964,-141.4 -76.24600000000001,-141.4 -76.528,-141.4 -76.81,-141.4 -77.092,-141.4 -77.374,-141.4 -77.656,-141.4 -77.938,-141.4 -78.22,-142.81 -78.22,-144.22 -78.22,-145.63 -78.22,-147.04 -78.22,-148.45 -78.22,-149.86 -78.22,-151.27 -78.22,-152.68 -78.22,-154.09 -78.22,-155.5 -78.22,-155.5 -77.938,-155.5 -77.656,-155.5 -77.374,-155.5 -77.092,-155.5 -76.81,-155.5 -76.528,-155.5 -76.24600000000001,-155.5 -75.964,-155.5 -75.682,-155.5 -75.4))"] | ["POINT(-148.45 -76.81)"] | false | false |
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U-Pb zircon and apatite fission track dates for IRD (ice-rafted cobbles and mineral grains) from IODP379 drill sites
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1939146 |
2024-08-27 | Siddoway, Christine |
Collaborative Research: Testing the Linchpin of WAIS Collapse with Diatoms and IRD in Pleistocene and Late Pliocene Strata of the Resolution Drift, Amundsen Sea, Antarctica |
The table contains sample identifiers, location data, and geochronology data (U-Pb zircon dates; apatite fission track determinations) from selected intervals of sediment cores obtained at sites U1532 (A, B, C, G) and U1533 (A, B) recovered during IODP Expedition 379 to the outer Amundsen Sea, Antarctica. | ["POLYGON((-109.1 -68.6,-108.94 -68.6,-108.78 -68.6,-108.61999999999999 -68.6,-108.46 -68.6,-108.3 -68.6,-108.14 -68.6,-107.98 -68.6,-107.82 -68.6,-107.66 -68.6,-107.5 -68.6,-107.5 -68.64,-107.5 -68.67999999999999,-107.5 -68.72,-107.5 -68.75999999999999,-107.5 -68.8,-107.5 -68.84,-107.5 -68.88,-107.5 -68.92,-107.5 -68.96,-107.5 -69,-107.66 -69,-107.82 -69,-107.98 -69,-108.14 -69,-108.3 -69,-108.46 -69,-108.61999999999999 -69,-108.78 -69,-108.94 -69,-109.1 -69,-109.1 -68.96,-109.1 -68.92,-109.1 -68.88,-109.1 -68.84,-109.1 -68.8,-109.1 -68.75999999999999,-109.1 -68.72,-109.1 -68.67999999999999,-109.1 -68.64,-109.1 -68.6))"] | ["POINT(-108.3 -68.8)"] | false | false |
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Full Waveform Ambient Noise Tomography for East Antarctica
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1914698 |
2024-01-24 | Hansen, Samantha; Emry, Erica |
Collaborative Research: Resolving earth structure influence on ice-sheet stability in the Wilkes
Subglacial Basin (RESISSt) |
Recent investigations in polar environments have examined solid-Earth-ice-sheet feedbacks and have emphasized that glacial isostatic adjustment, tectonic, and geothermal forcings exert first-order control on the physical conditions at and below the ice-bed interface and must be taken into account when evaluating ice-sheet evolution. However, the solid-Earth structure beneath much of Antarctica is still poorly constrained given the sparse distribution of seismic stations across the continent and the generally low seismicity rate. One region of particular interest is the Wilkes Subglacial Basin (WSB) in East Antarctica. During the mid-Pliocene warm period, the WSB may have contributed 3-4 m to the estimated 20 m rise in sea-level, indicating that this region could also play an important role in future warming scenarios. However, the WSB may have experienced notable bedrock uplift since the Pliocene; therefore, past geologic inferences of instability may not serve as a simple analogue for the future. Using records of ambient seismic noise recorded by both temporary and long-term seismic networks, along with a full-waveform tomographic inversion technique, we have developed improved images of the lithospheric structure beneath East Antarctica, including the WSB. Empirical Green’s Functions with periods between 40 and 340 s have been extracted using a frequency-time normalization technique, and a finite-difference approach with a spherical grid has been employed to numerically model synthetic seismograms. Associated sensitivity kernels have also been constructed using a scattering integral method. Our results suggest the WSB is underlain by slow seismic velocities, with faster seismic structure beneath the adjacent Transantarctic Mountains and the Belgica Subglacial Highlands. This may indicate that the WSB is associated with a region of thinner lithosphere, possibly associated with prior continental rifting. The seismic heterogeneity highlighted in our model could have significant implications for understanding the geodynamic origin of WSB topography and its influence on ice-sheet behavior. The model file and associated plotting scripts are provided. | ["POLYGON((90 -65,99 -65,108 -65,117 -65,126 -65,135 -65,144 -65,153 -65,162 -65,171 -65,180 -65,180 -67.5,180 -70,180 -72.5,180 -75,180 -77.5,180 -80,180 -82.5,180 -85,180 -87.5,180 -90,171 -90,162 -90,153 -90,144 -90,135 -90,126 -90,117 -90,108 -90,99 -90,90 -90,90 -87.5,90 -85,90 -82.5,90 -80,90 -77.5,90 -75,90 -72.5,90 -70,90 -67.5,90 -65))"] | ["POINT(135 -77.5)"] | false | false |
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In situ 14C data from a subglacial bedrock core near Pope and Thwaites glaciers
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1738989 |
2023-07-10 | Venturelli, Ryan; Goehring, Brent; Balco, Gregory |
NSF-NERC: Geological History Constraints on the Magnitude of Grounding Line Retreat in the Thwaites Glacier System |
Included in this dataset are in situ carbon-14 concentrations for a series of bedrock cores recovered from the subglacial extension of Kay Peak, a grounding-line-proximal ridge of the volcanic edifice Mount Murphy (near Thwaites and Pope glaciers). Concentrations measured in these bedrock samples have been used in the associated publication to demonstrate that the Thwaites-Pope glacier system was thinner in the Holocene than it is today. | ["POINT(-110.96038 -75.21526)"] | ["POINT(-110.96038 -75.21526)"] | false | false |
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200 MHz ground-penetrating radar from Winkie Nunatak, West Antarctica
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2317097 |
2023-03-24 | Braddock, Scott |
NSF-NERC: Geological History Constraints on the Magnitude of Grounding Line Retreat in the Thwaites Glacier System |
This data set contains unprocessed radar profiles collected with a GSSI 200 MHz Hyperstacking antenna near Winkie Nunatak, West Antarctica. This data was collected to estimate depth-to-bedrock along a subglacial ridge line at depths between 20 - 120 meters. | ["POLYGON((-99.793 -74.857,-99.7882 -74.857,-99.7834 -74.857,-99.77860000000001 -74.857,-99.77380000000001 -74.857,-99.769 -74.857,-99.7642 -74.857,-99.7594 -74.857,-99.75460000000001 -74.857,-99.74980000000001 -74.857,-99.745 -74.857,-99.745 -74.8583,-99.745 -74.8596,-99.745 -74.8609,-99.745 -74.8622,-99.745 -74.8635,-99.745 -74.8648,-99.745 -74.8661,-99.745 -74.8674,-99.745 -74.8687,-99.745 -74.87,-99.74980000000001 -74.87,-99.75460000000001 -74.87,-99.7594 -74.87,-99.7642 -74.87,-99.769 -74.87,-99.77380000000001 -74.87,-99.77860000000001 -74.87,-99.7834 -74.87,-99.7882 -74.87,-99.793 -74.87,-99.793 -74.8687,-99.793 -74.8674,-99.793 -74.8661,-99.793 -74.8648,-99.793 -74.8635,-99.793 -74.8622,-99.793 -74.8609,-99.793 -74.8596,-99.793 -74.8583,-99.793 -74.857))"] | ["POINT(-99.769 -74.8635)"] | false | false |
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I-165-M GPR Field Report 2019-2020
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1744993 |
2023-03-03 | Nesbitt, Ian; Brook, Edward J. |
Center for Oldest Ice Exploration Collaborative research: Snapshots of Early and Mid-Pleistocene Climate and Atmospheric Composition from the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area |
This document details the ground-penetrating radar (GPR) collection activities carried out by I. Nesbitt in the Allan Hills during the 2019-2020 field season. This document is intended as an informal catalogue of the fild work and post-processing activities performed at the Allan Hills and later at McMurdo and elsewhere. It contains preliminary post-processing and analysis only. Any interpretation made and presented in this report based on the data herein is subject to change pending further examination. GPR was used to examine sub-ice bedrock topography and the stratigraphic relationship between two shallow ice core drill sites (CMC1 and CMC2), as well as to explore potential future drill sites. In accordance with. the project's objective to drill and analyze ancient ice at relatively shallow depths, the two main features of interest in this study are 1) bedrock topographic features in which ancient ice could be trapped, and 2) englacial stratigraphic layers, especially those which may represent large age discontinuities. | ["POLYGON((159.16667 -76.66667,159.19167000000002 -76.66667,159.21667000000002 -76.66667,159.24167 -76.66667,159.26667 -76.66667,159.29167 -76.66667,159.31667000000002 -76.66667,159.34167000000002 -76.66667,159.36667 -76.66667,159.39167 -76.66667,159.41667 -76.66667,159.41667 -76.67333599999999,159.41667 -76.680002,159.41667 -76.686668,159.41667 -76.693334,159.41667 -76.69999999999999,159.41667 -76.706666,159.41667 -76.713332,159.41667 -76.71999799999999,159.41667 -76.726664,159.41667 -76.73333,159.39167 -76.73333,159.36667 -76.73333,159.34167000000002 -76.73333,159.31667000000002 -76.73333,159.29167 -76.73333,159.26667 -76.73333,159.24167 -76.73333,159.21667000000002 -76.73333,159.19167000000002 -76.73333,159.16667 -76.73333,159.16667 -76.726664,159.16667 -76.71999799999999,159.16667 -76.713332,159.16667 -76.706666,159.16667 -76.69999999999999,159.16667 -76.693334,159.16667 -76.686668,159.16667 -76.680002,159.16667 -76.67333599999999,159.16667 -76.66667))"] | ["POINT(159.29167 -76.69999999999999)"] | false | false |
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Pine Island Bay Relative Sea-Level Data
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1738989 |
2022-04-11 | Braddock, Scott; Hall, Brenda |
NSF-NERC: Geological History Constraints on the Magnitude of Grounding Line Retreat in the Thwaites Glacier System |
This dataset includes radiocarbon dates and elevations of organic samples in raised beaches in the Edwards, Lindsey, and Schaefer Islands. It also includes a limited number of cosmogenic exposure-age data of bedrock from these islands. | ["POLYGON((-105 -73,-104.5 -73,-104 -73,-103.5 -73,-103 -73,-102.5 -73,-102 -73,-101.5 -73,-101 -73,-100.5 -73,-100 -73,-100 -73.1,-100 -73.2,-100 -73.3,-100 -73.4,-100 -73.5,-100 -73.6,-100 -73.7,-100 -73.8,-100 -73.9,-100 -74,-100.5 -74,-101 -74,-101.5 -74,-102 -74,-102.5 -74,-103 -74,-103.5 -74,-104 -74,-104.5 -74,-105 -74,-105 -73.9,-105 -73.8,-105 -73.7,-105 -73.6,-105 -73.5,-105 -73.4,-105 -73.3,-105 -73.2,-105 -73.1,-105 -73))"] | ["POINT(-102.5 -73.5)"] | false | false |
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Titan Dome, East Antarctica, Aerogeophysical Survey
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1443690 |
2021-04-02 | Beem, Lucas H.; Young, Duncan A.; Greenbaum, Jamin; Ng, Gregory; Blankenship, Donald D.; Cavitte, Marie G. P; Jingxue, Guo; Bo, Sun; Young, Duncan |
Collaborative Research: Southern Plateau Ice-sheet Characterization and Evolution of the Central Antarctic Plate (SPICECAP) |
Level 2 aerogeophysical data, derived from the HiCARS2 radar system and laser altimeter for the Titan Dome region of East Antarctica. The observations included are geo-referenced surface elevation, bed elevation, ice thickness, bed reflectivity, surface reflectivity, and dated internal reflecting horizon depths. | ["POLYGON((-180 -86,-176.5 -86,-173 -86,-169.5 -86,-166 -86,-162.5 -86,-159 -86,-155.5 -86,-152 -86,-148.5 -86,-145 -86,-145 -86.4,-145 -86.8,-145 -87.2,-145 -87.6,-145 -88,-145 -88.4,-145 -88.8,-145 -89.2,-145 -89.6,-145 -90,-148.5 -90,-152 -90,-155.5 -90,-159 -90,-162.5 -90,-166 -90,-169.5 -90,-173 -90,-176.5 -90,180 -90,174.2 -90,168.4 -90,162.6 -90,156.8 -90,151 -90,145.2 -90,139.4 -90,133.6 -90,127.8 -90,122 -90,122 -89.6,122 -89.2,122 -88.8,122 -88.4,122 -88,122 -87.6,122 -87.2,122 -86.8,122 -86.4,122 -86,127.8 -86,133.6 -86,139.4 -86,145.2 -86,151 -86,156.8 -86,162.6 -86,168.4 -86,174.2 -86,-180 -86))"] | ["POINT(168.5 -88)"] | false | false |
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ANTAEM project airborne EM resistivity data from McMurdo Region
|
1644187 |
2020-09-12 | Tulaczyk, Slawek |
Collaborative Research: Antarctic Airborne ElectroMagnetics (ANTAEM) - Revealing Subsurface Water in Coastal Antarctica |
The ANTAEM survey was carried out in the period November 12th to 28th, 2018, with the SkyTEM 312 system. Twenty-one missions (flights) were conducted over 11 production days of helicopter service, resulting in a total of approximately ~3400 line km of data. The SkyTEM system records data from take-off until landing resulting in multiple lines converging to the landing pads in McMurdo and at Marble Point. The production without overlapping lines adds up to approximately 2900 line km. The flight speed was approximately 120 km/h at a target flight altitude of ~50 m (sensor height), but the actual sensor height varies depending on the terrain. The surveys were carried out with a Bell 212 helicopter, which carried the SkyTEM sensor as a sling load. The SkyTEM system was configured in a standard two-moment setup (low moment, LM and high moment, HM). Areas with extremely resistive dry and/or frozen sediment/bedrock, and glacier ice often produce EM-signals with amplitudes below the detection level of the system. Data from these low signal environments cannot be inverted into resistivity models. Data with strong induced polarization effects cannot be inverted for resistivity either. These data were discharged in this standard data delivery. The EM-data and inversion result (resistivity models) are delivered in the SkyTEM2018_dat.xyz and SkyTEM2018_inv.xyz files respectably. The RECORD number in the two files links data and model together. EM-data and data uncertainty for data entering inversion. Info stated in file Header: NAN value, Data unit, Coordinate system, Gate times. The SkyTEM system uses at High-Low moment data recording cycle, therefore only a subset of the total 40 time gates are preset for each moment. The standard lateral constraints inversion (LCI), delivered in the SkyTEM2018_inv.xyz file, was carried out with a smooth 30 layered resistivity model discretized to a depth of 500 m. A depth of investigation (DOI) was estimated for each resistivity model. | ["POLYGON((161 -76.9,161.75 -76.9,162.5 -76.9,163.25 -76.9,164 -76.9,164.75 -76.9,165.5 -76.9,166.25 -76.9,167 -76.9,167.75 -76.9,168.5 -76.9,168.5 -77.04,168.5 -77.18,168.5 -77.32,168.5 -77.46,168.5 -77.6,168.5 -77.74,168.5 -77.88,168.5 -78.02,168.5 -78.16,168.5 -78.3,167.75 -78.3,167 -78.3,166.25 -78.3,165.5 -78.3,164.75 -78.3,164 -78.3,163.25 -78.3,162.5 -78.3,161.75 -78.3,161 -78.3,161 -78.16,161 -78.02,161 -77.88,161 -77.74,161 -77.6,161 -77.46,161 -77.32,161 -77.18,161 -77.04,161 -76.9))"] | ["POINT(164.75 -77.6)"] | false | false |
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SOAR-Lake Vostok Survey bed elevation data
|
9978236 9911617 |
2020-04-28 | Studinger, Michael S.; Bell, Robin |
Understanding the Boundary Conditions of the Lake Vostok Environment: A Site Survey for Future Work
Continuation of Activities for the Support Office for Aerogeophysical Research (SOAR) |
Bedrock Elevation Data acquired during the SOAR Twin Otter expedition SOAR-LVS (2000) This data set was during SOAR Twin Otter expedition SOAR-LVS conducted in 2000 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Robin Bell; Investigator(s): Dr. Michael Studinger). These data files are of ASCII format and include Bedrock Elevation data and were processed after data collection. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): SOAR-Lake Vostok Survey (LVS) and Understanding the Boundary Conditions of the Lake Vostok Environment: A Site Survey for Future Work | ["POLYGON((101.5 -75.5,102.15 -75.5,102.8 -75.5,103.45 -75.5,104.1 -75.5,104.75 -75.5,105.4 -75.5,106.05 -75.5,106.7 -75.5,107.35 -75.5,108 -75.5,108 -75.85,108 -76.2,108 -76.55,108 -76.9,108 -77.25,108 -77.6,108 -77.95,108 -78.3,108 -78.65,108 -79,107.35 -79,106.7 -79,106.05 -79,105.4 -79,104.75 -79,104.1 -79,103.45 -79,102.8 -79,102.15 -79,101.5 -79,101.5 -78.65,101.5 -78.3,101.5 -77.95,101.5 -77.6,101.5 -77.25,101.5 -76.9,101.5 -76.55,101.5 -76.2,101.5 -75.85,101.5 -75.5))"] | ["POINT(104.75 -77.25)"] | false | false |
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Processed Ice Penetrating Radar Data (Matlab format) from the Gamburtsev Mountains in Antarctica acquired during GAMBIT
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0632292 |
2020-04-20 | Bell, Robin; Studinger, Michael S. |
Collaborative Research: IPY: GAMBIT: Gamburtsev Aerogeophysical Mapping of Bedrock and Ice Targets |
This data set was acquired with a Ice Penetrating Radar Altimeter during GAMBIT Twin Otter expedition AGAP_GAMBIT conducted in 2008 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Robin Bell). These data files are of MATLAB format and include Reflection Radar data and were processed after data collection. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): AGAP: Exploring the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains during the International Polar Year 2007 - 2008 and Antarctica's Gamburtsev Province Project (AGAP). | ["POLYGON((65 -77.5,67.4 -77.5,69.8 -77.5,72.2 -77.5,74.6 -77.5,77 -77.5,79.4 -77.5,81.8 -77.5,84.2 -77.5,86.6 -77.5,89 -77.5,89 -78.25,89 -79,89 -79.75,89 -80.5,89 -81.25,89 -82,89 -82.75,89 -83.5,89 -84.25,89 -85,86.6 -85,84.2 -85,81.8 -85,79.4 -85,77 -85,74.6 -85,72.2 -85,69.8 -85,67.4 -85,65 -85,65 -84.25,65 -83.5,65 -82.75,65 -82,65 -81.25,65 -80.5,65 -79.75,65 -79,65 -78.25,65 -77.5))"] | ["POINT(77 -81.25)"] | false | false |
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Processed Ice Penetrating Radar Data (jpeg images) from the Gamburtsev Mountains in Antarctica acquired during GAMBIT
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0632292 |
2020-04-20 | Bell, Robin; Studinger, Michael S. |
Collaborative Research: IPY: GAMBIT: Gamburtsev Aerogeophysical Mapping of Bedrock and Ice Targets |
This data set was acquired with a Ice Penetrating Radar Altimeter during GAMBIT Twin Otter expedition AGAP_GAMBIT conducted in 2008 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Robin Bell). These data files are jpeg images of Reflection Radar data and were processed after data collection. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): AGAP: Exploring the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains during the International Polar Year 2007 - 2008 and Antarctica's Gamburtsev Province Project (AGAP). | ["POLYGON((65 -77.5,67.4 -77.5,69.8 -77.5,72.2 -77.5,74.6 -77.5,77 -77.5,79.4 -77.5,81.8 -77.5,84.2 -77.5,86.6 -77.5,89 -77.5,89 -78.25,89 -79,89 -79.75,89 -80.5,89 -81.25,89 -82,89 -82.75,89 -83.5,89 -84.25,89 -85,86.6 -85,84.2 -85,81.8 -85,79.4 -85,77 -85,74.6 -85,72.2 -85,69.8 -85,67.4 -85,65 -85,65 -84.25,65 -83.5,65 -82.75,65 -82,65 -81.25,65 -80.5,65 -79.75,65 -79,65 -78.25,65 -77.5))"] | ["POINT(77 -81.25)"] | false | false |
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Processed Ice Penetrating Radar Data (Netcdf format) from the Gamburtsev Mountains in Antarctica acquired during GAMBIT
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0632292 |
2020-04-20 | Bell, Robin; Studinger, Michael S. |
Collaborative Research: IPY: GAMBIT: Gamburtsev Aerogeophysical Mapping of Bedrock and Ice Targets |
This data set was acquired with a Ice Penetrating Radar Altimeter during GAMBIT Twin Otter expedition AGAP_GAMBIT conducted in 2008 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Robin Bell). These data files are of Netcdf format and include Reflection Radar data and were processed after data collection. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): AGAP: Exploring the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains during the International Polar Year 2007 - 2008 and Antarctica's Gamburtsev Province Project (AGAP). | ["POLYGON((65 -77.5,67.4 -77.5,69.8 -77.5,72.2 -77.5,74.6 -77.5,77 -77.5,79.4 -77.5,81.8 -77.5,84.2 -77.5,86.6 -77.5,89 -77.5,89 -78.25,89 -79,89 -79.75,89 -80.5,89 -81.25,89 -82,89 -82.75,89 -83.5,89 -84.25,89 -85,86.6 -85,84.2 -85,81.8 -85,79.4 -85,77 -85,74.6 -85,72.2 -85,69.8 -85,67.4 -85,65 -85,65 -84.25,65 -83.5,65 -82.75,65 -82,65 -81.25,65 -80.5,65 -79.75,65 -79,65 -78.25,65 -77.5))"] | ["POINT(77 -81.25)"] | false | false |
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Processed Ice Penetrating Radar Altimeter Shot Data (SEGY, version 1) from the Gamburtsev Mountains in Antarctica acquired during the GAMBIT Twin Otter expedition AGAP_GAMBIT (2008)
|
0632292 |
2020-04-20 | Bell, Robin |
Collaborative Research: IPY: GAMBIT: Gamburtsev Aerogeophysical Mapping of Bedrock and Ice Targets |
This data set was acquired with a Ice Penetrating Radar Altimeter during GAMBIT Twin Otter expedition AGAP_GAMBIT conducted in 2008 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Robin Bell). These data files are of SEGY format and include Reflection Radar shot data and were processed after data collection. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): AGAP: Exploring the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains during the International Polar Year 2007 - 2008 and Antarctica's Gamburtsev Province Project (AGAP). | ["POLYGON((65 -77.5,67.4 -77.5,69.8 -77.5,72.2 -77.5,74.6 -77.5,77 -77.5,79.4 -77.5,81.8 -77.5,84.2 -77.5,86.6 -77.5,89 -77.5,89 -78.25,89 -79,89 -79.75,89 -80.5,89 -81.25,89 -82,89 -82.75,89 -83.5,89 -84.25,89 -85,86.6 -85,84.2 -85,81.8 -85,79.4 -85,77 -85,74.6 -85,72.2 -85,69.8 -85,67.4 -85,65 -85,65 -84.25,65 -83.5,65 -82.75,65 -82,65 -81.25,65 -80.5,65 -79.75,65 -79,65 -78.25,65 -77.5))"] | ["POINT(77 -81.25)"] | false | false |
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Detrital low-temperature thermochronometry from Bourgeois Fjord, AP
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1543256 |
2020-02-27 | Clinger, Anna |
Antarctic Peninsula Exhumation and Landscape Development Investigated by Low-Temperature Detrital Thermochronometry |
This dataset contains 80 detrital and 2 bedrock apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometric ages from Bourgeois Fjord. Data was collected to constrain timing and patterns of topographic change at Bourgeois Fjord on Ma timescales. Analyses were conducted at the Berkeley Geochronology Center and presented in Microsoft Excel formats. | ["POLYGON((-66.80688 -67.420674,-66.732895 -67.420674,-66.65891 -67.420674,-66.584925 -67.420674,-66.51094 -67.420674,-66.436955 -67.420674,-66.36297 -67.420674,-66.288985 -67.420674,-66.215 -67.420674,-66.141015 -67.420674,-66.06703 -67.420674,-66.06703 -67.4542151,-66.06703 -67.4877562,-66.06703 -67.5212973,-66.06703 -67.5548384,-66.06703 -67.5883795,-66.06703 -67.6219206,-66.06703 -67.6554617,-66.06703 -67.6890028,-66.06703 -67.7225439,-66.06703 -67.756085,-66.141015 -67.756085,-66.215 -67.756085,-66.288985 -67.756085,-66.36297 -67.756085,-66.436955 -67.756085,-66.51094 -67.756085,-66.584925 -67.756085,-66.65891 -67.756085,-66.732895 -67.756085,-66.80688 -67.756085,-66.80688 -67.7225439,-66.80688 -67.6890028,-66.80688 -67.6554617,-66.80688 -67.6219206,-66.80688 -67.5883795,-66.80688 -67.5548384,-66.80688 -67.5212973,-66.80688 -67.4877562,-66.80688 -67.4542151,-66.80688 -67.420674))"] | ["POINT(-66.436955 -67.5883795)"] | false | false |
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Cosmogenic nuclide data from glacial deposits along the Liv Glacier coast
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1443346 |
2019-11-21 | Stone, John |
Collaborative Research: High-resolution Reconstruction of Holocene Deglaciation in the Southern Ross Embayment |
This data set contains measurements of cosmic-ray-produced Be-10 in quartz from glacial erratics and bedrock at sites along and adjacent to Liv Glacier and Amundsen Glacier in the southern Transantarctic Mountains. Samples were collected during the 2016-17 and 2017-18 field seasons working from remote camps along the coast. Locations were determined by hand-held GPS. Elevations are based on barometric altimetry corrected for daily drift and referenced to precise (geodetic) GPS benchmarks established over a range of altitudes at each site. Horizon geometry and the resulting topographic shielding of the cosmic ray flux was determined from vertically-oriented full-sky (fisheye) photographs at each sample location. Samples were processed at the University of Washington Cosmogenic Nuclide Laboratory using established procedures for mineral separation, dissolution, beryllium extraction and purification, described at http://depts.washington.edu/cosmolab/chem.shtml. Beryllium isotope ratios were measured at the Lawrence Livermore Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (LLNL-CAMS) relative to the KNSTD-Be-01-5-4 standard, assuming a standard Be-10/Be-9 ratio of 2.851E-12 (07KNSTD normalization). Data are reported as input for the online CRONUS cosmogenic nuclide calculator (V3, current at the time of submission in November 2019). Exposure ages can be obtained by entering the data into the CRONUS calculator, at: http://hess.ess.washington.edu/math/v3/v3_age_in.html . Data for each sample consists of two lines of input parameters, as follows: {Sample_name, Latitude (DD), Longitude (DD), Altitude (m asl), Scaling_function, Thickness (cm), Density (g/cm^3), Horizon_correction, Erosion_rate (cm/yr), Year_sampled} {Sample_name, Nuclide (in this case Be-10), Target_mineral (quartz), Be-10_concentration (atom/g), Error_Be-10_concentration (atom/g), Normalization} Further information about the V3 input format is given at: http://hess.ess.washington.edu/math/docs/v3/v3_input_explained.html | ["POLYGON((-174 -84.5,-172.4 -84.5,-170.8 -84.5,-169.2 -84.5,-167.6 -84.5,-166 -84.5,-164.4 -84.5,-162.8 -84.5,-161.2 -84.5,-159.6 -84.5,-158 -84.5,-158 -84.63,-158 -84.76,-158 -84.89,-158 -85.02,-158 -85.15,-158 -85.28,-158 -85.41,-158 -85.54,-158 -85.67,-158 -85.8,-159.6 -85.8,-161.2 -85.8,-162.8 -85.8,-164.4 -85.8,-166 -85.8,-167.6 -85.8,-169.2 -85.8,-170.8 -85.8,-172.4 -85.8,-174 -85.8,-174 -85.67,-174 -85.54,-174 -85.41,-174 -85.28,-174 -85.15,-174 -85.02,-174 -84.89,-174 -84.76,-174 -84.63,-174 -84.5))"] | ["POINT(-166 -85.15)"] | false | false |
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Pirrit Hills subglacial bedrock core RB-2, cosmogenic Be-10, Al-26 data
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1341728 |
2019-10-09 | Stone, John |
EXPROBE-WAIS: Exposed Rock Beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, A Test for Interglacial Ice Sheet Collapse |
This data set contains measurements of cosmic-ray-produced Be-10 and Al-26 in quartz from the RB-2 core, recovered from bedrock at a depth of 150 m below the West Antarctic Ice Sheet surface in the Pirrit Hills. The core site is located at latitude S81.09948, longitude W85.15694. Core length is approximately 8 meters. Lithology is A-type granite, similar in composition to bedrock exposed on nearby Harter Nunatak and other mountains in the Pirrit Hills (Lee et al. Geosci. J. 16, 421-433). Samples were processed at the University of Washington Cosmogenic Nuclide Laboratory. Chemical processing and purification methods are described at http://depts.washington.edu/cosmolab/chem.shtml. Beryllium isotope ratios were measured at the Lawrence Livermore Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (LLNL-CAMS) relative to the KNSTD-Be-01-5-4 standard, assuming a standard Be-10/Be-9 ratio of 2.851E-12 (07KNSTD normalization). Aluminum isotope ratios were measured at PRIME Lab, Purdue University, relative to the KNSTD-Al-01-5-2 standard, assuming a standard Al-26/Al-27 ratio of 1.818E-12 (KNSTD normalization). Uncertainties are 1-sigma and include full AMS errors and all known sources of laboratory uncertainty. | ["POLYGON((-86.3 -81,-86.17 -81,-86.04 -81,-85.91 -81,-85.78 -81,-85.65 -81,-85.52 -81,-85.39 -81,-85.26 -81,-85.13 -81,-85 -81,-85 -81.03,-85 -81.06,-85 -81.09,-85 -81.12,-85 -81.15,-85 -81.18,-85 -81.21,-85 -81.24,-85 -81.27,-85 -81.3,-85.13 -81.3,-85.26 -81.3,-85.39 -81.3,-85.52 -81.3,-85.65 -81.3,-85.78 -81.3,-85.91 -81.3,-86.04 -81.3,-86.17 -81.3,-86.3 -81.3,-86.3 -81.27,-86.3 -81.24,-86.3 -81.21,-86.3 -81.18,-86.3 -81.15,-86.3 -81.12,-86.3 -81.09,-86.3 -81.06,-86.3 -81.03,-86.3 -81))"] | ["POINT(-85.65 -81.15)"] | false | false |
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Glacial-interglacial History of West Antarctic Nunataks and Site Reconnaissance for Subglacial Bedrock Sampling
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1142162 |
2016-01-01 | Stone, John |
Glacial-interglacial History of West Antarctic Nunataks and Site Reconnaissance for Subglacial Bedrock Sampling |
This award supports a reconnaissance geological and radar-sounding study of promising sites in West Antarctica for a future project to measure cosmogenic nuclides in subglacial bedrock. Field work will take place in the Whitmore Mountains, close to the WAIS divide, and on the Nash and Pirrit Hills, downflow from the divide in the Weddell Sea drainage. At each site geological indicators of higher (and lower) ice levels in the past will be mapped and evidence of subglacial erosion or its absence will be documented. Elevation transects of both glacial erratics and adjacent bedrock samples will be collected to establish the timing of recent deglaciation at the sites and provide a complement to similar measurements on material from depth transects obtained by future subglacial drilling. At each site, bedrock ridges will be traced into the subsurface with closely-spaced ice-penetrating radar surveys, using a combination of instruments and frequencies to obtain the highest possible surface detail. Collectively the results will define prospective sites for subglacial sampling, and maximize the potential information to be obtained from such samples in future studies. The intellectual merit of this project is that measurements of cosmogenic nuclides in subglacial bedrock hold promise for resolving the questions of whether the West Antarctic ice sheet collapsed completely in the past, whether it is prone to repeated large deglaciations, and if so, what is their magnitude and frequency. Such studies will require careful choice of targets, to locate sites where bedrock geology is favorable, cosmogenic nuclide records are likely to have been protected from subglacial erosion, and the local ice-surface response is indicative of large-scale ice sheet behavior. The broader impacts of this work include helping to determine whether subglacial surfaces in West Antarctica were ever exposed to cosmic rays, which will provide unambiguous evidence for or against a smaller ice sheet in the past. This is an important step towards establishing whether the WAIS is vulnerable to collapse in future, and will ultimately help to address uncertainty in forecasting sea level change. The results will also provide ground truth for models of ice-sheet dynamics and long-term ice sheet evolution, and will help researchers use these models to identify paleoclimate conditions responsible for WAIS deglaciation. The education and training of students (both undergraduate and graduate students) will play an important role in the project, which will involve Antarctic fieldwork, technically challenging labwork, data collection and interpretation, and communication of the outcome to scientists and the general public. | ["POLYGON((-104.14 -81.07,-102.24 -81.07,-100.34 -81.07,-98.44 -81.07,-96.54 -81.07,-94.64 -81.07,-92.74 -81.07,-90.84 -81.07,-88.94 -81.07,-87.04 -81.07,-85.14 -81.07,-85.14 -81.207,-85.14 -81.344,-85.14 -81.481,-85.14 -81.618,-85.14 -81.755,-85.14 -81.892,-85.14 -82.029,-85.14 -82.166,-85.14 -82.303,-85.14 -82.44,-87.04 -82.44,-88.94 -82.44,-90.84 -82.44,-92.74 -82.44,-94.64 -82.44,-96.54 -82.44,-98.44 -82.44,-100.34 -82.44,-102.24 -82.44,-104.14 -82.44,-104.14 -82.303,-104.14 -82.166,-104.14 -82.029,-104.14 -81.892,-104.14 -81.755,-104.14 -81.618,-104.14 -81.481,-104.14 -81.344,-104.14 -81.207,-104.14 -81.07))"] | ["POINT(-94.64 -81.755)"] | false | false |
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Cryptic Hydrology of the McMurdo Dry Valleys: Water Track Contributions to Water and Geochemical Budgets in Taylor Valley, Antarctica
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1343649 |
2015-01-01 | Levy, Joseph |
Cryptic Hydrology of the McMurdo Dry Valleys: Water Track Contributions to Water and Geochemical Budgets in Taylor Valley, Antarctica |
The PIs propose to quantify the hillslope water, solute, and carbon budgets for Taylor Valley in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, using water tracks to investigate near-surface geological processes and challenge the paradigm that shallow groundwater is minimal or non-exixtant. Water tracks are linear zones of high soil moisture that route shallow groundwater downslope in permafrost dominated soils. Four hypotheses will be tested: 1) water tracks are important pathways for water and solute transport; 2) water tracks transport more dissolved silica than streams in Taylor Valley indicating they are the primary site of chemical weathering for cold desert soils and bedrock; 3) water tracks that drain highland terrains are dominated by humidity-separated brines while water tracks that drain lowland terrains are dominated by marine aerosols; 4) water tracks are the sites of the highest terrestrial soil carbon concentrations and the strongest CO2 fluxes in Taylor Valley and their carbon content increases with soil age, while carbon flux decreases with age. To test these hypotheses the PIs will carry out a suite of field measurements supported by modeling and remote sensing. They will install shallow permafrost wells in water tracks that span the range of geological, climatological, and topographic conditions in Taylor Valley. Multifrequency electromagnetic induction sounding of the upper ~1 m of the permafrost will create the first comprehensive map of soil moisture in Taylor Valley, and will permit direct quantification of water track discharge across the valley. The carbon contents of water track soils will be measured and linked to global carbon dynamics. Non-science majors at Oregon State University will be integrated into the proposed research through a new Global Environmental Change course focusing on the scientific method in Antarctica. Three undergraduate students, members of underrepresented minorities, will be entrained in the research, will contribute to all aspects of field and laboratory science, and will present results at national meetings. | ["POLYGON((162.852 -77.6111,162.9893 -77.6111,163.1266 -77.6111,163.2639 -77.6111,163.4012 -77.6111,163.5385 -77.6111,163.6758 -77.6111,163.8131 -77.6111,163.9504 -77.6111,164.0877 -77.6111,164.225 -77.6111,164.225 -77.65331,164.225 -77.69552,164.225 -77.73773,164.225 -77.77994,164.225 -77.82215,164.225 -77.86436,164.225 -77.90657,164.225 -77.94878,164.225 -77.99099,164.225 -78.0332,164.0877 -78.0332,163.9504 -78.0332,163.8131 -78.0332,163.6758 -78.0332,163.5385 -78.0332,163.4012 -78.0332,163.2639 -78.0332,163.1266 -78.0332,162.9893 -78.0332,162.852 -78.0332,162.852 -77.99099,162.852 -77.94878,162.852 -77.90657,162.852 -77.86436,162.852 -77.82215,162.852 -77.77994,162.852 -77.73773,162.852 -77.69552,162.852 -77.65331,162.852 -77.6111))"] | ["POINT(163.5385 -77.82215)"] | false | false |
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East Antarctic outlet glacier contributions to the Ross Sea from chronology of detrital grains
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1043619 |
2014-01-01 | Hemming, Sidney R. |
Collaborative Research: East Antarctic outlet glacier contributions to the Ross Sea from chronology of detrital grains |
Intellectual Merit: The PIs proposed a provenance study of glacial deposits in the Ross Embayment that will provide a broad scale geochronologic survey of detrital minerals in till to help characterize bedrock beneath the East Antarctic ice sheet and constrain Antarctica?s glacial history. This project capitalizes on previous investments in field sampling. Analytical tools applied to single mineral grains extracted from existing collections of glacial till will generate ?fingerprints? of East Antarctic outlet glaciers and West Antarctic till to refine paleo-ice flow models for the Ross Embayment during the last glacial maximum, older records from ANDRILL cores, and to assess IRD sources in the Southern Ocean. New provenance tracers will include a suite of geochronological methods that together provide greater insights into the orogenic and erosional history the region. This project will include U/Pb of detrital zircons, (U-Th)/He on a subset of the U/Pb dated zircons, as well as Ar-Ar of detrital hornblende, mica and feldspars. Broader Impacts: This research will train one M.S. student at IUPUI, a Ph.D. student at Columbia, and several undergraduates at both institutions. Graduate students involved in the project will be involved in mentoring undergraduate researchers. Incorporation of research discoveries will be brought into the classroom by providing concrete examples and exercises at the appropriate level. Licht and Columbia graduate student E. Pierce are developing outreach projects with local secondary school teachers to investigate the provenance of glacial materials in their local areas. The research will have broad applicability to many fields. | ["POLYGON((-180 -63.997,-179.7982 -63.997,-179.5964 -63.997,-179.3946 -63.997,-179.1928 -63.997,-178.991 -63.997,-178.7892 -63.997,-178.5874 -63.997,-178.3856 -63.997,-178.1838 -63.997,-177.982 -63.997,-177.982 -66.3324,-177.982 -68.6678,-177.982 -71.0032,-177.982 -73.3386,-177.982 -75.674,-177.982 -78.0094,-177.982 -80.3448,-177.982 -82.6802,-177.982 -85.0156,-177.982 -87.351,-178.1838 -87.351,-178.3856 -87.351,-178.5874 -87.351,-178.7892 -87.351,-178.991 -87.351,-179.1928 -87.351,-179.3946 -87.351,-179.5964 -87.351,-179.7982 -87.351,180 -87.351,172.54273 -87.351,165.08546 -87.351,157.62819 -87.351,150.17092 -87.351,142.71365 -87.351,135.25638 -87.351,127.79911 -87.351,120.34184 -87.351,112.88457 -87.351,105.4273 -87.351,105.4273 -85.0156,105.4273 -82.6802,105.4273 -80.3448,105.4273 -78.0094,105.4273 -75.674,105.4273 -73.3386,105.4273 -71.0032,105.4273 -68.6678,105.4273 -66.3324,105.4273 -63.997,112.88457 -63.997,120.34184 -63.997,127.79911 -63.997,135.25638 -63.997,142.71365 -63.997,150.17092 -63.997,157.62819 -63.997,165.08546 -63.997,172.54273 -63.997,-180 -63.997))"] | ["POINT(143.72265 -75.674)"] | false | false |
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Pleistocene East Antarctic Ice Sheet History as Recorded in Sediment Provenance and Chronology of High-elevation TAM Moraines
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0944475 |
2014-01-01 | Kaplan, Michael |
Collaborative Research: Pleistocene East Antarctic Ice Sheet History as Recorded in Sediment Provenance and Chronology of High-elevation TAM Moraines |
Intellectual Merit: The proposed work will investigate changes in the compositional variation of glacial tills over time across two concentric sequences of Pleistocene moraines located adjacent to the heads of East Antarctic outlet glaciers in the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM). The chronologic framework for this work will be generated from cosmogenic exposure ages of boulders on prominent morainal ridges. The PIs hypothesize that variations in till composition may indicate a change in ice flow direction or a change in the composition of the original source area, while ages of the moraines provide a long-term terrestrial perspective on ice sheet dynamics. Both results are vital for modeling experiments that aim to reconstruct the East Antarctic Ice Sheet and assess its role in the global climate system and its potential impact on global sea level rise. The variation of till compositions through time also allows for a more accurate interpretation of sediment cores from the Ross Sea and the Southern Ocean. Additionally, till exposures at the head of some East Antarctic outlet glaciers have been shown to contain subglacial material derived from East Antarctic bedrock, providing a window through the ice to view East Antarctica's inaccessible bedrock. Till samples will be collected from two well-preserved sequences of moraine crests at Mt. Howe (head of Scott Glacier) and Mt. Achernar (between Beardmore and Nimrod Glaciers). Each size fraction in glacial till provides potentially valuable information, and the PIs will measure the petrography of the clast and sand fractions, quantitative X-ray diffraction on the crushed <2mm fraction, elemental abundance of the silt/clay fraction, and U/Pb of detrital zircons in the sand fraction. Data collection will rely on established methods previously used in this region and the PIs will also explore new methods to assess their efficacy. On the same moraines crests sampled for provenance studies, the PIs will sample for cosmogenic surface exposure analyses to provide a chronologic framework at the sites for provenance changes through time. Broader Impact: The proposed research involves graduate and undergraduate training in a diverse array of laboratory methods. Students and PIs will be make presentations to community and campus groups, as well as conduct interviews with local news outlets. The proposed work also establishes a new, potentially long-term, collaboration between scientists at IUPUI and LDEO and brings a new PI (Kaplan) into the field of Antarctic Earth Sciences. | ["POLYGON((-180 -84.1,-176.97 -84.1,-173.94 -84.1,-170.91 -84.1,-167.88 -84.1,-164.85 -84.1,-161.82 -84.1,-158.79 -84.1,-155.76 -84.1,-152.73 -84.1,-149.7 -84.1,-149.7 -84.43,-149.7 -84.76,-149.7 -85.09,-149.7 -85.42,-149.7 -85.75,-149.7 -86.08,-149.7 -86.41,-149.7 -86.74,-149.7 -87.07,-149.7 -87.4,-152.73 -87.4,-155.76 -87.4,-158.79 -87.4,-161.82 -87.4,-164.85 -87.4,-167.88 -87.4,-170.91 -87.4,-173.94 -87.4,-176.97 -87.4,180 -87.4,178.12 -87.4,176.24 -87.4,174.36 -87.4,172.48 -87.4,170.6 -87.4,168.72 -87.4,166.84 -87.4,164.96 -87.4,163.08 -87.4,161.2 -87.4,161.2 -87.07,161.2 -86.74,161.2 -86.41,161.2 -86.08,161.2 -85.75,161.2 -85.42,161.2 -85.09,161.2 -84.76,161.2 -84.43,161.2 -84.1,163.08 -84.1,164.96 -84.1,166.84 -84.1,168.72 -84.1,170.6 -84.1,172.48 -84.1,174.36 -84.1,176.24 -84.1,178.12 -84.1,-180 -84.1))"] | ["POINT(-174.25 -85.75)"] | false | false |
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Erosion History and Sediment Provenance of East Antarctica from Multi-method Detrital Geo- and Thermochronology
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0838722 |
2012-01-01 | Gehrels, George; Reiners, Peter; Thomson, Stuart |
Collaborative Research: Erosion History and Sediment Provenance of East Antarctica from Multi-method Detrital Geo- and Thermochronology |
Much of the inventory of East Antarctic bedrock geochronology, as well as a record of its erosional history, is preserved in Cenozoic sediments around its margin. This project is to use these sediments to understand their sub-ice provenance and the erosional history of the shield by measuring ages of multiple geo- and thermochronometers on single detrital crystals and on multiple crystals in detrital clasts (U/Pb, fission-track, and (U-Th)/He dating of zircon and apatite, and 40Ar/39Ar dating of hornblende, mica, and feldspar). The combination of multi-chronometer ages in single grains and clasts provides a powerful fingerprint of bedrock sources, allowing us to trace provenance in Eocene fluvial sandstones through Quaternary diamicts around the margin. Multiple thermochronometric (cooling) ages in the same grains and clasts also allows us to interpret the timing and rates of erosion from these bedrock sources. Delineating a distribution of bedrock age units, their sediment transport connections, and their erosional histories over the Cenozoic, will in turn allow us to test tectonic models bearing on: (1) the origin of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, (2) fluvial and topographic evolution, and (3) the history of glacial growth and erosion. | ["POLYGON((61.9 -67.28,63.218 -67.28,64.536 -67.28,65.854 -67.28,67.172 -67.28,68.49 -67.28,69.808 -67.28,71.126 -67.28,72.444 -67.28,73.762 -67.28,75.08 -67.28,75.08 -67.922,75.08 -68.564,75.08 -69.206,75.08 -69.848,75.08 -70.49,75.08 -71.132,75.08 -71.774,75.08 -72.416,75.08 -73.058,75.08 -73.7,73.762 -73.7,72.444 -73.7,71.126 -73.7,69.808 -73.7,68.49 -73.7,67.172 -73.7,65.854 -73.7,64.536 -73.7,63.218 -73.7,61.9 -73.7,61.9 -73.058,61.9 -72.416,61.9 -71.774,61.9 -71.132,61.9 -70.49,61.9 -69.848,61.9 -69.206,61.9 -68.564,61.9 -67.922,61.9 -67.28))"] | ["POINT(68.49 -70.49)"] | false | false |
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Erosion History and Sediment Provenance of East Antarctica from Multi-method Detrital Geo- and Thermochronology
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0838729 |
2011-01-01 | Hemming, Sidney R. |
Collaborative Research: Erosion History and Sediment Provenance of East Antarctica from Multi-method Detrital Geo- and Thermochronology |
Much of the inventory of East Antarctic bedrock geochronology, as well as a record of its erosional history, is preserved in Cenozoic sediments around its margin. This project is to use these sediments to understand their sub-ice provenance and the erosional history of the shield by measuring ages of multiple geo- and thermochronometers on single detrital crystals and on multiple crystals in detrital clasts (U/Pb, fission-track, and (U-Th)/He dating of zircon and apatite, and 40Ar/39Ar dating of hornblende, mica, and feldspar). The combination of multi-chronometer ages in single grains and clasts provides a powerful fingerprint of bedrock sources, allowing us to trace provenance in Eocene fluvial sandstones through Quaternary diamicts around the margin. Multiple thermochronometric (cooling) ages in the same grains and clasts also allows us to interpret the timing and rates of erosion from these bedrock sources. Delineating a distribution of bedrock age units, their sediment transport connections, and their erosional histories over the Cenozoic, will in turn allow us to test tectonic models bearing on: (1) the origin of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, (2) fluvial and topographic evolution, and (3) the history of glacial growth and erosion. | ["POLYGON((-67.2 -58,-43.98 -58,-20.76 -58,2.46 -58,25.68 -58,48.9 -58,72.12 -58,95.34 -58,118.56 -58,141.78 -58,165 -58,165 -59.2,165 -60.4,165 -61.6,165 -62.8,165 -64,165 -65.2,165 -66.4,165 -67.6,165 -68.8,165 -70,141.78 -70,118.56 -70,95.34 -70,72.12 -70,48.9 -70,25.68 -70,2.46 -70,-20.76 -70,-43.98 -70,-67.2 -70,-67.2 -68.8,-67.2 -67.6,-67.2 -66.4,-67.2 -65.2,-67.2 -64,-67.2 -62.8,-67.2 -61.6,-67.2 -60.4,-67.2 -59.2,-67.2 -58))"] | ["POINT(48.9 -64)"] | false | false |
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WAIS DIVIDE - High Temporal Resolution Black Carbon Record of Southern Hemisphere Biomass Burning
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0739780 |
2011-01-01 | Taylor, Kendrick C. |
WAIS DIVIDE - High Temporal Resolution Black Carbon Record of Southern Hemisphere Biomass Burning |
This award supports a project to develop a 2,000-year high-temporal resolution record of biomass burning from the analysis of black carbon in the WAIS Divide bedrock ice core. Pilot data for the WAIS WD05A core demonstrates that we now have the ability to reconstruct this record with minimal impact on the amount of ice available for other projects. The intellectual merit of this project is that black carbon (BC) aerosols result solely from combustion and play a critical but poorly quantified role in global climate forcing and the carbon cycle. When incorporated into snow and ice, BC increases absorption of solar radiation making seasonal snow packs, mountain glaciers, polar ice sheets, and sea ice much more vulnerable to climate warming. BC emissions in the Southern Hemisphere are dominated by biomass burning in the tropical regions of Southern Africa, South America and South Asia. Biomass burning, which results from both climate and human activities, alters the atmospheric composition of greenhouse gases, aerosols and perturbs key biogeochemical cycles. A long-term record of biomass burning is needed to aid in the interpretation of ice core gas composition and will provide important information regarding human impacts on the environment and climate before instrumental records. | ["POINT(-112.117 -79.666)"] | ["POINT(-112.117 -79.666)"] | false | false |
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GISP2 (D Core) Methane Concentration Data
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0126057 |
2008-12-16 | Brook, Edward J. |
High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change |
This ice core data is archived at the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology and is available through the Ice Core Data Gateway. The data includes methane data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2). GISP2 is an ice core project that drilled through the Greenland ice sheet and 1.55 meters into bedrock. The ice core is 3053.44 meters in depth, the deepest ice core recovered in the world at the time. The ice core was completed in 1993 after five years of drilling. Methane concentrations were determined by GC-FID using standards calibrated by NOAA CMDL. The gas age time scales and analytical techniques are described in further detail in the publication. | ["POINT(-38.466667 72.5833333)"] | ["POINT(-38.466667 72.5833333)"] | false | false |
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Ice Thickness and Internal Layer Depth Along the 2001 and 2002 US ITASE Traverses
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9814574 |
2005-04-08 | Jacobel, Robert |
Radar Studies of Internal Stratigraphy and Bedrock Topography along the US ITASE Traverse |
Ice thickness and internal layer depth data were collected with a ground-based, ice-penetrating radar study as part of the US International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (US ITASE) traverse in West Antarctica from 01 November 2001 to 10 January 2003. Longitude, latitude, ice thickness, and depth to a prominent internal reflector were collected at approximately 12 m intervals. Ice thickness values are reported for approximately 90% of the traverse, and internal layer depth values are reported for approximately 80% of the traverse. Data are avaialble in ASCII and JPEG formats via FTP. | ["POLYGON((-120 -80,-115.6 -80,-111.2 -80,-106.8 -80,-102.4 -80,-98 -80,-93.6 -80,-89.2 -80,-84.8 -80,-80.4 -80,-76 -80,-76 -81,-76 -82,-76 -83,-76 -84,-76 -85,-76 -86,-76 -87,-76 -88,-76 -89,-76 -90,-80.4 -90,-84.8 -90,-89.2 -90,-93.6 -90,-98 -90,-102.4 -90,-106.8 -90,-111.2 -90,-115.6 -90,-120 -90,-120 -89,-120 -88,-120 -87,-120 -86,-120 -85,-120 -84,-120 -83,-120 -82,-120 -81,-120 -80))"] | ["POINT(-98 -85)"] | false | false |
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Cosmogenic nuclide data for bedrock samples from the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica
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None | 2005-04-06 | Stone, John | No project link provided | This data set consists of cosmogenic nuclide concentrations in samples from bedrock surfaces in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica. These surfaces have been exposed by ice retreat since the last glacial maximum, approximately 10,500 years ago. However, the majority of samples contain nuclide concentrations indicating much longer and more complicated exposure histories. The primary data are concentrations of the cosmic-ray-produced nuclides Be-10 and Al-26 measured in quartz, and Cl-36 measured in K-feldspar, sample locations, and the duration of recent exposure inferred from measurements on co-existing glacial erratics. In addition, the data set contains detailed information about the sites and samples, chemical compositions of the minerals analyzed and compositions of the host rocks, as required to compute nuclide production rates. This information is provided so that the data can be re-interpreted if nuclide production rates or correction factors are revised in future. | [] | [] | false | false |
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Byrd Ice Core Microparticle and Chemistry Data
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9725918 9714687 |
2004-08-26 | Blunier, Thomas; Fluckiger, Jacqueline; Thompson, Lonnie G.; Brook, Edward J. |
Collaborative Research: Studies of Trapped Gases in Firn and Ice from Antarctic Deep Ice Cores |
This data set consists of microparticle and chemistry data from Byrd Ice Core, the first ice core to reach bedrock in Antarctica. The core was drilled with a cable-suspended electromechanical rotary drill at Byrd Station, Antarctica. The vertical thickness of the ice was 2164 meters and more than 99 percent of the core was recovered. Cores were sought for investigations of the physical properties of the ice sheet, the nature of the ice-rock contact, and the composition of the underlying bedrock. | ["POINT(-119.516667 -80.016667)"] | ["POINT(-119.516667 -80.016667)"] | false | false |
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Taylor Dome Ice Core Chemistry, Ion, and Isotope Data
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9615292 |
2004-08-26 | Smith, Jesse; Sowers, Todd A.; Brook, Edward J.; Mayewski, Paul A.; Steig, Eric J.; Indermuhle, A. |
Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Isotopes in the Taylor Dome and Vostok Ice Cores |
This data set includes chemistry, ion, and istotope data from Taylor Dome, part of the East Antarctic ice sheet. Deep drilling at Taylor Dome successfully reached bedrock at a depth of 554 meters during the 1993-1994 austral summer. The Taylor Dome ice core is only the second core (after Vostok) to provide a stratigraphically undisturbed record through the entire last glacial cycle (the last 130,000 years or more). | ["POINT(158 -77.6666667)"] | ["POINT(158 -77.6666667)"] | false | false |
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Taylor Dome Ice Core Data
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None | 2003-08-18 | Steig, Eric J.; White, James | No project link provided | The collection site is Taylor Dome, an ice-accumulation area on the East Antarctic ice sheet. The dome is a ridge about 20 x 80 km, which lies inland of the Transantarctic Mountains. Deep drilling by the Polar Ice Coring Office (PICO) at Taylor Dome reached bedrock at a depth of 554 meters during the 1993-1994 austral summer season. <p>This data set includes mesurements of:</p> <ul> <li>beryllium-10 (betd.txt)</li> <li>oxygen isotopes (hi18o_td.txt and lo18o_td.txt)</li> <li>deuterium isotopes (deld_20cm.txt and deld_td.txt).</li> </ul> <p>These data were produced at the University of Washington from samples obtained in the field and via the University of New Hampshire automatic melting system. For beryllium, deuterium, and 20-cm oxygen isotope data, the st9810 ice age (kyB1950) timescale is used. For 0.5- to 1-m oxygen isotope data, the st9507 is used.</p> | ["POINT(158 -77)"] | ["POINT(158 -77)"] | false | false |
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Roosevelt Island Bedrock and Surface Elevations
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9615347 |
2003-05-23 | Conway, Howard |
Radar Investigations of Former Shear Margins: Roosevelt Island and Ice Stream C |
This data set consists of bedrock and surface elevation readings taken by ground penetrating radar and Global Positioning System (GPS) on Roosevelt Island, an ice dome within the Ross Ice Shelf. Locations were validated by GPS readings of poles set in the surface snow. The data was collected between November and December, 1997. Data are available via ftp, and are provided in a text file with an accompanying file that provides GPS locations. Surface and bedrock elevations are given in meters above WGS84. | ["POLYGON((-161.5307 -79.3539,-161.3584 -79.3539,-161.1861 -79.3539,-161.0138 -79.3539,-160.8415 -79.3539,-160.6692 -79.3539,-160.4969 -79.3539,-160.3246 -79.3539,-160.1523 -79.3539,-159.98 -79.3539,-159.8077 -79.3539,-159.8077 -79.37757,-159.8077 -79.40124,-159.8077 -79.42491,-159.8077 -79.44858,-159.8077 -79.47225,-159.8077 -79.49592,-159.8077 -79.51959,-159.8077 -79.54326,-159.8077 -79.56693,-159.8077 -79.5906,-159.98 -79.5906,-160.1523 -79.5906,-160.3246 -79.5906,-160.4969 -79.5906,-160.6692 -79.5906,-160.8415 -79.5906,-161.0138 -79.5906,-161.1861 -79.5906,-161.3584 -79.5906,-161.5307 -79.5906,-161.5307 -79.56693,-161.5307 -79.54326,-161.5307 -79.51959,-161.5307 -79.49592,-161.5307 -79.47225,-161.5307 -79.44858,-161.5307 -79.42491,-161.5307 -79.40124,-161.5307 -79.37757,-161.5307 -79.3539))"] | ["POINT(-160.6692 -79.47225)"] | false | false |

