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Here, we take a different approach of carefully synthesizing different data sets to infer changes in the configurations of van der Veen and Mercer Ice Streams on the Siple Coast over the past 3000 years from englacial features encoded in ice-penetrating radar data. Englacial radar data from Conway Ridge reveal smooth, surface conformal layers overlying disrupted stratigraphy that suggest the van der Veen Ice Stream was 40 km wider over 3000 years ago. Englacial layer dating indicates that the ice stream narrowed to its present configuration between $\\sim3000$ and $\\sim1000$ years ago. Similarly disrupted stratigraphy and buried crevasses suggest that ice flowing from Mercer to Whillans Ice Stream across the northwestern tip of the ridge slowed shortly after. Using an ice-flow model capable of simulating shear margin migration, we evaluate whether small changes in ice thickness can lead to large changes in shear margin location. Our results suggest that the tip of Conway Ridge is sensitive to thinning and thickening, and that when the basal strength at the tip of the ridge increases with the height above flotation, the ice sheet shear margins can change quickly.", "east": -130.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-140 -84.25)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Cryosphere; Siple Coast", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Coast", "north": -83.5, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Hoffman, Andrew; Conway, Howard; Christianson, Knut", "project_titles": "Glacial History of Ridge AB, West Antarctica", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010470", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Glacial History of Ridge AB, West Antarctica"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -85.0, "title": "Impulse HF radar data from Conway Ridge", "uid": "601810", "west": -150.0}, {"awards": "0424589 Gogineni, S. 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Five personnel deployed from November 29, 2013 to January 18, 2014 with USAP project# I-189-M. The major objective was to collect fine-resolution radar data with an ultra-wideband MCoRDS4 UHF/VHF radar depth sounder in conjunction with data from two microwave (Ku-band and Snow) radars and a Google Camera. This dataset includes reflection profiles for the three radars and ice surface and ice bottom picks for the radar depth sounder.", "east": 240.627, "geometry": ["POINT(-157.7445 -80.6555)"], "keywords": "Airborne Radar; Antarctica; Basler; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Kamb Ice Stream; Radar; Siple Coast; Whillans Ice Stream", "locations": "Kamb Ice Stream; Whillans Ice Stream; Antarctica; Siple Coast", "north": -76.567, "nsf_funding_programs": null, "persons": "Paden, John; Hale, Richard", "project_titles": "Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS)", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000102", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS)"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -84.744, "title": "Airborne radar profiles of the Whillans, Bindschadler, and Kamb Ice Streams", "uid": "600384", "west": 163.884}, {"awards": "0538120 Catania, Ginny", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-160 -81,-158.5 -81,-157 -81,-155.5 -81,-154 -81,-152.5 -81,-151 -81,-149.5 -81,-148 -81,-146.5 -81,-145 -81,-145 -81.2,-145 -81.4,-145 -81.6,-145 -81.8,-145 -82,-145 -82.2,-145 -82.4,-145 -82.6,-145 -82.8,-145 -83,-146.5 -83,-148 -83,-149.5 -83,-151 -83,-152.5 -83,-154 -83,-155.5 -83,-157 -83,-158.5 -83,-160 -83,-160 -82.8,-160 -82.6,-160 -82.4,-160 -82.2,-160 -82,-160 -81.8,-160 -81.6,-160 -81.4,-160 -81.2,-160 -81))"], "date_created": "Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "These data consist of ice-penetrating radar data collected on the ground across the grounding line near Siple Dome during the 2006 and 2007 Antarctic summer field seasons. Primarily, the data consist of low-frequency radar data (2 MHz, approximately 50 meter resolution) in order to observe deep internal layers and the ice-bed interface. The data set also contains one file with high-frequency (100 MHz, approximately 1 meter resolution) radar data, for a sub-region of one of the low-frequency radar profiles. Coincident kinematic GPS data were also collected to correct the radar data for topography along each profile. Radar profiles are typically approximately 20 km in length with the grounding line crossed centrally where possible. \n\nData are available via FTP in Matlab (.mat) format.", "east": -145.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-152.5 -82)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; GPR; Grounding Line; Radar; Siple Coast", "locations": "Siple Coast; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Hulbe, Christina; Catania, Ginny", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Grounding Line Forensics: The History of Grounding Line Retreat in the Kamb Ice Stream Outlet Region", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000019", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Grounding Line Forensics: The History of Grounding Line Retreat in the Kamb Ice Stream Outlet Region"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -83.0, "title": "Ice-Penetrating Radar Data Across Siple Coast Grounding Lines", "uid": "609474", "west": -160.0}, {"awards": "9725882 Raymond, Charles", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-141.6722 -80.1678,-141.34195 -80.1678,-141.0117 -80.1678,-140.68145 -80.1678,-140.3512 -80.1678,-140.02095 -80.1678,-139.6907 -80.1678,-139.36045 -80.1678,-139.0302 -80.1678,-138.69995 -80.1678,-138.3697 -80.1678,-138.3697 -80.4863,-138.3697 -80.8048,-138.3697 -81.1233,-138.3697 -81.4418,-138.3697 -81.7603,-138.3697 -82.0788,-138.3697 -82.3973,-138.3697 -82.7158,-138.3697 -83.0343,-138.3697 -83.3528,-138.69995 -83.3528,-139.0302 -83.3528,-139.36045 -83.3528,-139.6907 -83.3528,-140.02095 -83.3528,-140.3512 -83.3528,-140.68145 -83.3528,-141.0117 -83.3528,-141.34195 -83.3528,-141.6722 -83.3528,-141.6722 -83.0343,-141.6722 -82.7158,-141.6722 -82.3973,-141.6722 -82.0788,-141.6722 -81.7603,-141.6722 -81.4418,-141.6722 -81.1233,-141.6722 -80.8048,-141.6722 -80.4863,-141.6722 -80.1678))"], "date_created": "Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set consists of surface-based radar measurements, including geometry of the bed, surface, and internal layers, and bed reflectivity measurements at two sites along ice stream margins at Siple Dome, Antarctica. The research is a radar examination of bed reflection characteristics and internal layer geometry in two inter-ice-stream ridges, the Shabtaie Ridge (Ridge D/E) and the Engelhardt Ridge (Ridge B/C), and across margins with the adjacent ice streams, the MacAyeal Ice Stream (Ice Stream E) and the Whillans Ice Stream (Ice Stream B). Investigators collected these radar data from 14 November through 13 December 1998. \n\nData are in Microsoft Word, PDF, ASCII text, MATLAB, binary, and various image formats. Investigators have also provided code for MATLAB routines that they used to view the radar data. Data are available via FTP.", "east": -138.3697, "geometry": ["POINT(-140.02095 -81.7603)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; GPR; Radar; Siple Dome", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -80.1678, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Nereson, Nadine A.; Raymond, Charles", "project_titles": "Internal Stratigraphy and Basal Conditions at the Margins ofActive Ice Streams of the Siple Coast, Antarctica", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000626", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Internal Stratigraphy and Basal Conditions at the Margins ofActive Ice Streams of the Siple Coast, Antarctica"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -83.3528, "title": "Radar Investigations of Antarctic Ice Stream Margins, Siple Dome, 1998", "uid": "609303", "west": -141.6722}, {"awards": "9909518 Raymond, Charles", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-158 -81,-155.6 -81,-153.2 -81,-150.8 -81,-148.4 -81,-146 -81,-143.6 -81,-141.2 -81,-138.8 -81,-136.4 -81,-134 -81,-134 -81.3,-134 -81.6,-134 -81.9,-134 -82.2,-134 -82.5,-134 -82.8,-134 -83.1,-134 -83.4,-134 -83.7,-134 -84,-136.4 -84,-138.8 -84,-141.2 -84,-143.6 -84,-146 -84,-148.4 -84,-150.8 -84,-153.2 -84,-155.6 -84,-158 -84,-158 -83.7,-158 -83.4,-158 -83.1,-158 -82.8,-158 -82.5,-158 -82.2,-158 -81.9,-158 -81.6,-158 -81.3,-158 -81))"], "date_created": "Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "These data consist of ground-based, ice-penetrating radar profiles across satellite-detected lineations and terrains that were taken in the lower reaches of Ross Ice Stream C, also known as the Kamb Ice Stream (KIS); on Roosevelt Island; on the Siple Dome; and on the Shabtaie Ice Ridge.", "east": -134.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-146 -82.5)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; GPR; Radar; Siple Coast", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Coast", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Raymond, Charles; Conway, Howard; Catania, Ginny", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research:History and Evolution of the Siple Coast Ice Stream Systems as Recorded by Former Shear-Margin Scars", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000275", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research:History and Evolution of the Siple Coast Ice Stream Systems as Recorded by Former Shear-Margin Scars"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -84.0, "title": "Compilation of Antarctic Radar Data, Siple Coast, 2000-2002", "uid": "609274", "west": -158.0}, {"awards": "0338359 Saltzman, Eric", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148.81 -81.65)"], "date_created": "Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the WAISCORES (West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores) project, research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and designed to improve understanding of how the West Antarctic ice sheet influences climate and sea level change. WAISCORES investigators acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. These data provide researchers with a record of natural climatic variability and anthropogenic influence on biogeochemical cycles. Because ice cores contain an archive of preindustrial air, a baseline can be established, and the extent of human impact on the climate can be ascertained. \n\nThis data set includes mixing ratios of carbonyl sulfide (COS), methyl chloride (CH3Cl), and methyl bromide (CH3Br). Data samples were retrieved from the Siple C ice core, which was drilled at 81.65\u00b0 S, 148.81\u00b0 W in December 1995. The core site sits 620 m above sea level near the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf where there is a mean annual temperature of -25.4 \u00b0C.\n\nData are available via FTP.", "east": -148.81, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.81 -81.65)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.65, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Saltzman, Eric; Aydin, Murat", "project_titles": "Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000032", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.65, "title": "Analysis of Siple Dome Ice Core: Carbonyl Sulfide (COS), Methyl Chloride (CH3Cl), and Methyl Bromide (CH3Br)", "uid": "609279", "west": -148.81}, {"awards": "0086997 Truffer, Martin", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-140.7 -83.2,-140.12 -83.2,-139.54 -83.2,-138.96 -83.2,-138.38 -83.2,-137.8 -83.2,-137.22 -83.2,-136.64 -83.2,-136.06 -83.2,-135.48 -83.2,-134.9 -83.2,-134.9 -83.27,-134.9 -83.34,-134.9 -83.41,-134.9 -83.48,-134.9 -83.55,-134.9 -83.62,-134.9 -83.69,-134.9 -83.76,-134.9 -83.83,-134.9 -83.9,-135.48 -83.9,-136.06 -83.9,-136.64 -83.9,-137.22 -83.9,-137.8 -83.9,-138.38 -83.9,-138.96 -83.9,-139.54 -83.9,-140.12 -83.9,-140.7 -83.9,-140.7 -83.83,-140.7 -83.76,-140.7 -83.69,-140.7 -83.62,-140.7 -83.55,-140.7 -83.48,-140.7 -83.41,-140.7 -83.34,-140.7 -83.27,-140.7 -83.2))"], "date_created": "Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This product, based on prior data collected under NSF-OPP grant 8716604 (Echelmeyer and Harrison) and NSF-OPP grant 9117911 (Harrison), includes ice velocity data between stations S17 and UpB on the Upper Whillans Ice Stream, Siple Coast, West Antarctica, from January 1994 to January 1995. Velocities were measured using a total station, a surveying instrument that combines a digital theodolite and an Electronic Distance Measuring (EDM) device to measure horizontal and vertical angles, slope, and horizontal and vertical distances. Data are in ASCII and Excel formats, and are available via FTP.", "east": -134.9, "geometry": ["POINT(-137.8 -83.55)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Siple Coast", "locations": "Siple Coast; Antarctica", "north": -83.2, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Truffer, Martin; Echelmeyer, Keith A.", "project_titles": "Margin Migration Rates and Margin Dynamics of the Siple Coast Ice Streams", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000144", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Margin Migration Rates and Margin Dynamics of the Siple Coast Ice Streams"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -83.9, "title": "Margin Migration Rates and Dynamics: Siple Coast Ice Streams", "uid": "609263", "west": -140.7}, {"awards": "9420648 Waddington, Edwin", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Tue, 09 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "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.\n\nNereson\u0027s \u0027Age Versus Depth\u0027 plot shows the results of the calculations published in her paper on predicted age-depth scales (Nereson, N.A., E.D. Waddington, C.F. Raymond, and H.P. Jacobson. 1996. Predicted Age-Depth Scales for Siple Dome and Inland WAIS Ice Cores in West Antarctica.Geophys. Res. Let., 23(22): 3163-3166.).", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Nereson, Nadine A.", "project_titles": "Ice Modelling Study of Siple Dome: WAIS Ice Dynamics, WAISCORES Paleoclimate and Ice Stream/Ice Dome Interactions", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000058", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Ice Modelling Study of Siple Dome: WAIS Ice Dynamics, WAISCORES Paleoclimate and Ice Stream/Ice Dome Interactions"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Siple Dome Ice Core Age-Depth Scales", "uid": "609130", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "XXXXXXX Palais, Julie", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Mon, 18 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "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.\n\nThis data set provides measurements of stable isotopes of water and deuterium excess for the Siple Dome ice cores. The shallow cores from Siple Dome were analyzed for isotopes with sub-annual temporal detail.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Isotope; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Steig, Eric J.; White, James", "project_titles": null, "projects": null, "repositories": null, "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Siple Dome Highlights: Stable isotopes", "uid": "609134", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "0512971 Brook, Edward J.", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Mon, 18 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "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.\n\nBrooks measured methane in approximately 196 samples between 55.6 and 738.5 m (0-20 ka) in the Siple Dome ice core, and then extended the Siple Dome methane record at medium resolution down to about 860m, corresponding to an age of about 45 ka. The team compared the results with data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) and the Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP).", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Methane; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Brook, Edward J.", "project_titles": "High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000034", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Siple Dome Methane Record", "uid": "609124", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9909469 Scambos, Ted", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-158 -82.2,-155.63 -82.2,-153.26 -82.2,-150.89 -82.2,-148.52 -82.2,-146.15 -82.2,-143.78 -82.2,-141.41 -82.2,-139.04 -82.2,-136.67 -82.2,-134.3 -82.2,-134.3 -82.33,-134.3 -82.46,-134.3 -82.59,-134.3 -82.72,-134.3 -82.85,-134.3 -82.98,-134.3 -83.11,-134.3 -83.24,-134.3 -83.37,-134.3 -83.5,-136.67 -83.5,-139.04 -83.5,-141.41 -83.5,-143.78 -83.5,-146.15 -83.5,-148.52 -83.5,-150.89 -83.5,-153.26 -83.5,-155.63 -83.5,-158 -83.5,-158 -83.37,-158 -83.24,-158 -83.11,-158 -82.98,-158 -82.85,-158 -82.72,-158 -82.59,-158 -82.46,-158 -82.33,-158 -82.2))"], "date_created": "Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set includes ice motion and topography measurements that were taken by measuring movement and altitude of poles set in the West Antarctic Ice Shelf. The data was acquired by Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements of poles. The position of the poles was measured twice; once in 2000, and again in 2002. Movement of the poles in that time show the ice motion velocity and direction.\n GPS pole positions are given in latitude and longitude, and elevations are given in meters above the WGS1984 ellipsoid. The data are presented as tables in ASCII text files. Three maps of the area are included with the data tables.\n\nThe National Science Foundation (NSF) funded this work under grant number OPP-9909469.", "east": -134.3, "geometry": ["POINT(-146.15 -82.85)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Geodesy; Geology/Geophysics - Other; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Kamb Ice Stream", "locations": "Kamb Ice Stream; Antarctica", "north": -82.2, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Scambos, Ted; Catania, Ginny; Conway, Howard; Gades, Anthony; Raymond, Charles", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: History and Evolution of the Siple Coast Ice Stream System as Recorded by Former Shear-Margin Scars", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000165", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: History and Evolution of the Siple Coast Ice Stream System as Recorded by Former Shear-Margin Scars"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -83.5, "title": "Ice Motion and Topography Near Margin Areas of Kamb Ice Stream, Antarctica", "uid": "609141", "west": -158.0}, {"awards": "0126286 McConnell, Joseph", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Wed, 14 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "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.\n\nLamorey measured the density of the shallow Siple Dome cores B - I. One-meter sections of the ice core were weighed on a balance beam in the field. The volume was determined by measuring the diameter and length of the core. The data consists of tab-delimited text files of density measurements and a sonic velocity profile, and a .gif format density-versus-depth plot. Data are available via FTP.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Physical Properties; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Lamorey, Gregg W.", "project_titles": "Continuous High Resolution Ice-Core Chemistry using ICP-MS at Siple Dome", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000159", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Continuous High Resolution Ice-Core Chemistry using ICP-MS at Siple Dome"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -81.0, "title": "Siple Shallow Core Density Data", "uid": "609129", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9527262 Gow, Anthony", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Wed, 14 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "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.\n\nThis data set includes annual layer data for Siple Dome ice cores A, B, and C, based on stratigraphy; thin-section images, and fabric data. The study included the analysis of more than 2500 crystallographic c-axes conducted on 50 thin sections from the main PICO core.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Photo/video; Photo/Video; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Gow, Tony; Meese, Deb", "project_titles": "Physical and Structural Properties of the Siple Dome Core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000064", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Physical and Structural Properties of the Siple Dome Core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Physical and Structural Properties of the Siple Dome Ice Cores", "uid": "609128", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9615554 Fitzpatrick, Joan", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Wed, 14 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "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.\n\nThis data set comprises low-resolution (72 dpi) jpg images of thin sections from the Siple Dome ice core. The images were acquired during the 1997/1998 field season, from both the SDM-A, or main 13.2-cm, core and from the hot water core recovered by Hermann Englehardt. The data set includes both vertical and horizontal thin sections. With one exception, all images were recorded in cross-polarized light. Two examples of archived high-resolution (275 dpi) images are provided for direct comparison of the low- and high-resolution images.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Photo/video; Photo/Video; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Fitzpatrick, Joan", "project_titles": "Digital Imaging for Ice Core Analysis", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000011", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Digital Imaging for Ice Core Analysis"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Digital Images of Thin Sections from Siple Dome", "uid": "609127", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9527373 Dunbar, Nelia", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)", "POINT(158.7889 -77.95)"], "date_created": "Wed, 14 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "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.\n\nThis 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.", "east": 158.7889, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)", "POINT(158.7889 -77.95)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:rock; Chemistry:Rock; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome Ice Core; Taylor Dome Ice Core; Tephra; WAIS; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; WAIS", "north": -77.95, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Zielinski, Gregory; Dunbar, Nelia", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Volcanic Record in Antarctic Ice: Implications for Climatic and Eruptive History and Ice Sheet Dynamics of the South Polar Region", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000065", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Volcanic Record in Antarctic Ice: Implications for Climatic and Eruptive History and Ice Sheet Dynamics of the South Polar Region"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Taylor Dome Ice Core; Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Volcanic Records in the Siple and Taylor Dome Ice Cores", "uid": "609126", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9526420 Taylor, Kendrick", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Thu, 08 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "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.\n\nTaylor measured the electrical conductivity (ECM) and Complex Conductivity (CC), a measure of the total ions in the ice, in the main Siple Dome ice core. Measurements were taken along the core from a depth of 0 m to 800 m. The project also analyzed shallower cores for ECM and dielectric properties (DEP). (DEP is also a measure of the total ions in the ice, but with lower spatial resolution than the CC.) Albedo measurements where made on the shallow cores and the main core to a depth of 391 m. The data set includes images showing the electrical conductivity of a vertical section of the core.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Electrical Conductivity; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Physical Properties; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Taylor, Kendrick C.", "project_titles": "Electrical and Optical Measurements on the Siple Dome Ice Core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000163", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Electrical and Optical Measurements on the Siple Dome Ice Core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Siple Dome Cores Electrical Measurement Data", "uid": "609133", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9526572 Bales, Roger", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Thu, 11 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores (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 snow pit and core samples from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This data set includes glaciochemical spatial variability data for six Siple Dome snow pits. Samples involved measuring hydrogen peroxide (H\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003eO\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e) and formaldehyde (HCHO) in the air, snow, firn, and ice via suppressed ion chromatography. The data can be used to interpret changes in concentrations of these species recorded in ice cores. Data in this collection were obtained during two Antarctic field seasons in 1994 to 1995 and 1996 to 1997. Data are available via FTP in tab-delimited ASCII text (.dat, .txt) file format.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Atmosphere; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Siple Dome; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "McConnell, Joseph; Bales, Roger", "project_titles": "Snow-Atmosphere Transfer Function for Reversibly Deposited Chemical Species in West Antarctica", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000060", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Snow-Atmosphere Transfer Function for Reversibly Deposited Chemical Species in West Antarctica"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -81.0, "title": "Snow-atmosphere Transfer Function for Reversibly Deposited Chemical Species in West Antarctica", "uid": "609122", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9526449 Mayewski, Paul", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-149.11 -81.05,-149.05 -81.05,-148.99 -81.05,-148.93 -81.05,-148.87 -81.05,-148.81 -81.05,-148.75 -81.05,-148.69 -81.05,-148.63 -81.05,-148.57 -81.05,-148.51 -81.05,-148.51 -81.11,-148.51 -81.17,-148.51 -81.23,-148.51 -81.29,-148.51 -81.35,-148.51 -81.41,-148.51 -81.47,-148.51 -81.53,-148.51 -81.59,-148.51 -81.65,-148.57 -81.65,-148.63 -81.65,-148.69 -81.65,-148.75 -81.65,-148.81 -81.65,-148.87 -81.65,-148.93 -81.65,-148.99 -81.65,-149.05 -81.65,-149.11 -81.65,-149.11 -81.59,-149.11 -81.53,-149.11 -81.47,-149.11 -81.41,-149.11 -81.35,-149.11 -81.29,-149.11 -81.23,-149.11 -81.17,-149.11 -81.11,-149.11 -81.05))"], "date_created": "Thu, 11 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on climate and sea level change. 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Data are available via FTP in space-delimited ASCII text (.dat) file format.", "east": -148.51, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.81 -81.35)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; Snow Pit; WAIS; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; WAIS", "north": -81.05, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Kreutz, Karl; Mayewski, Paul A.", "project_titles": "Siple Dome Deep Ice Core Glaciochemistry and Regional Survey - A Contribution to the WAIS Initiative", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000012", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Siple Dome Deep Ice Core Glaciochemistry and Regional Survey - A Contribution to the WAIS Initiative"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -81.65, "title": "WAISCORES Snow Pit Chemistry, Antarctica", "uid": "609420", "west": -149.11}, {"awards": "0338359 Saltzman, Eric", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Wed, 10 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (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. Siple Dome ice cores were analyzed for methanesulfonate (MSA) and carbonyl sulfide (OCS). The methanesulfonate analysis was done on cores A-E and a hot water core, and the carbonyl sulfide analysis was done on 11 C cores. Methanesulfonate data include the sample identification number, depth, and methanesulfonate parts per billion (ppb) of each sample. Carbonyl sulfide data include the depth, OCS parts per trillion (ppt) of each sample, percent error, and gas age (years). 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These cores allow researchers to distinguish local from regional influences on the climate records recovered from the cores. Drilling for the Siple Dome core began in November 1996 and finished in January 1999. The core site is located between ice streams C and D at approximately 81\u00b0 40\u0027 S and 148\u00b0 49\u0027 W. Preliminary studies indicate that the paleoclimate record preserved in the 1003-meter Siple Dome ice core extends back more than 90 thousand years. Data are available via ftp.\n\nThe following WAISCORES investigators have made contributions to WAISCORES research. NSIDC archives data for many of these investigators: Mary Albert, Richard Alley, Robin Bell, Michael Bender, Robert Bindscadler, Pierre Biscaye, Donald Blankenship, Ed Brook, Nelia Dunbar, Joan Fitzpatrick, Tony Gow, Gregg Lamorey, Paul Mayewski, Joseph McConnell, Deb Meese, Nadine Nereson, Charlie Raymond, Eric Saltzman, Eric Steig, Christopher Shuman, Ken Taylor, Lonnie Thompson, Edwin Waddington, Martin Wahlen, James White, and Gret Zielinksi.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; WAIS; WAISCORES", "locations": "WAIS; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Lamorey, Gregg W.", "project_titles": null, "projects": null, "repositories": null, "science_programs": null, "south": -81.0, "title": "WAISCORES: Deep Ice Coring in West Antarctica", "uid": "609120", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9316338 Jacobel, Robert", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-155 -81,-154 -81,-153 -81,-152 -81,-151 -81,-150 -81,-149 -81,-148 -81,-147 -81,-146 -81,-145 -81,-145 -81.2,-145 -81.4,-145 -81.6,-145 -81.8,-145 -82,-145 -82.2,-145 -82.4,-145 -82.6,-145 -82.8,-145 -83,-146 -83,-147 -83,-148 -83,-149 -83,-150 -83,-151 -83,-152 -83,-153 -83,-154 -83,-155 -83,-155 -82.8,-155 -82.6,-155 -82.4,-155 -82.2,-155 -82,-155 -81.8,-155 -81.6,-155 -81.4,-155 -81.2,-155 -81))"], "date_created": "Fri, 01 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "The Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History project was part of Western Divide West Antarctic Ice Cores (WAISCORES), an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. 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It included studies of satellite imagery and acquisition and analysis of field data from GPS, firn cores and snow pits, and ground-based ice-penetrating radar.\n\nData in this collection were obtained during two Antarctic field seasons in 1994\u201395 and 1996\u201397. The data set is available via FTP as Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (.xls) and ASCII tab delimited (.txt) files. Related notes are available as a Microsoft Word (.doc) or text (.txt) file. 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WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica.\n\nThis data set includes melt layers and annual layer data for Siple Dome cores A through J, and upstream core C (UpC). Cores were examined on a light table after the core had been sectioned longitudinally and samples removed for isotopic, chemical, and other analyses, and after the surface had been smoothed using a planer. Major stratigraphic features were noted, such as coarse-grained and fine-grained firn at shallow depths, and coarse-bubbled and fine-bubbled ice at greater depth. Melt layers were identified as bubble-free or nearly-bubble-free zones. Core lengths ranged from 30 to 133 meters.\n\nData in this collection were obtained in the summer of 1997. 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Dataset Title/Abstract/Map | NSF Award(s) | Date Created | PIs / Scientists | Project Links | Abstract | Bounds Geometry | Geometry | Selected | Visible |
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Impulse HF radar data from Conway Ridge
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0087144 |
2024-07-22 | Hoffman, Andrew; Conway, Howard; Christianson, Knut |
Glacial History of Ridge AB, West Antarctica |
Marine ice sheets are low-pass filters of climate variability that take centuries to adjust to interior and near-terminus changes in mass balance. Constraining these century-scale changes from satellite observations that span only the last 40 years is challenging. Here, we take a different approach of carefully synthesizing different data sets to infer changes in the configurations of van der Veen and Mercer Ice Streams on the Siple Coast over the past 3000 years from englacial features encoded in ice-penetrating radar data. Englacial radar data from Conway Ridge reveal smooth, surface conformal layers overlying disrupted stratigraphy that suggest the van der Veen Ice Stream was 40 km wider over 3000 years ago. Englacial layer dating indicates that the ice stream narrowed to its present configuration between $\sim3000$ and $\sim1000$ years ago. Similarly disrupted stratigraphy and buried crevasses suggest that ice flowing from Mercer to Whillans Ice Stream across the northwestern tip of the ridge slowed shortly after. Using an ice-flow model capable of simulating shear margin migration, we evaluate whether small changes in ice thickness can lead to large changes in shear margin location. Our results suggest that the tip of Conway Ridge is sensitive to thinning and thickening, and that when the basal strength at the tip of the ridge increases with the height above flotation, the ice sheet shear margins can change quickly. | ["POLYGON((-150 -83.5,-148 -83.5,-146 -83.5,-144 -83.5,-142 -83.5,-140 -83.5,-138 -83.5,-136 -83.5,-134 -83.5,-132 -83.5,-130 -83.5,-130 -83.65,-130 -83.8,-130 -83.95,-130 -84.1,-130 -84.25,-130 -84.4,-130 -84.55,-130 -84.7,-130 -84.85,-130 -85,-132 -85,-134 -85,-136 -85,-138 -85,-140 -85,-142 -85,-144 -85,-146 -85,-148 -85,-150 -85,-150 -84.85,-150 -84.7,-150 -84.55,-150 -84.4,-150 -84.25,-150 -84.1,-150 -83.95,-150 -83.8,-150 -83.65,-150 -83.5))"] | ["POINT(-140 -84.25)"] | false | false |
Airborne radar profiles of the Whillans, Bindschadler, and Kamb Ice Streams
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0424589 |
2016-12-28 | Paden, John; Hale, Richard |
Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) |
The Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) participated in an airborne radar survey using a BT-67 Basler aircraft over the Siple Coast of Antarctica. Five personnel deployed from November 29, 2013 to January 18, 2014 with USAP project# I-189-M. The major objective was to collect fine-resolution radar data with an ultra-wideband MCoRDS4 UHF/VHF radar depth sounder in conjunction with data from two microwave (Ku-band and Snow) radars and a Google Camera. This dataset includes reflection profiles for the three radars and ice surface and ice bottom picks for the radar depth sounder. | ["POLYGON((163.884 -76.567,171.5583 -76.567,179.2326 -76.567,186.9069 -76.567,194.5812 -76.567,202.2555 -76.567,209.9298 -76.567,217.6041 -76.567,225.2784 -76.567,232.9527 -76.567,240.627 -76.567,240.627 -77.3847,240.627 -78.2024,240.627 -79.0201,240.627 -79.8378,240.627 -80.6555,240.627 -81.4732,240.627 -82.2909,240.627 -83.1086,240.627 -83.9263,240.627 -84.744,232.9527 -84.744,225.2784 -84.744,217.6041 -84.744,209.9298 -84.744,202.2555 -84.744,194.5812 -84.744,186.9069 -84.744,179.2326 -84.744,171.5583 -84.744,163.884 -84.744,163.884 -83.9263,163.884 -83.1086,163.884 -82.2909,163.884 -81.4732,163.884 -80.6555,163.884 -79.8378,163.884 -79.0201,163.884 -78.2024,163.884 -77.3847,163.884 -76.567))"] | ["POINT(-157.7445 -80.6555)"] | false | false |
Ice-Penetrating Radar Data Across Siple Coast Grounding Lines
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0538120 |
2010-01-01 | Hulbe, Christina; Catania, Ginny |
Collaborative Research: Grounding Line Forensics: The History of Grounding Line Retreat in the Kamb Ice Stream Outlet Region |
These data consist of ice-penetrating radar data collected on the ground across the grounding line near Siple Dome during the 2006 and 2007 Antarctic summer field seasons. Primarily, the data consist of low-frequency radar data (2 MHz, approximately 50 meter resolution) in order to observe deep internal layers and the ice-bed interface. The data set also contains one file with high-frequency (100 MHz, approximately 1 meter resolution) radar data, for a sub-region of one of the low-frequency radar profiles. Coincident kinematic GPS data were also collected to correct the radar data for topography along each profile. Radar profiles are typically approximately 20 km in length with the grounding line crossed centrally where possible. Data are available via FTP in Matlab (.mat) format. | ["POLYGON((-160 -81,-158.5 -81,-157 -81,-155.5 -81,-154 -81,-152.5 -81,-151 -81,-149.5 -81,-148 -81,-146.5 -81,-145 -81,-145 -81.2,-145 -81.4,-145 -81.6,-145 -81.8,-145 -82,-145 -82.2,-145 -82.4,-145 -82.6,-145 -82.8,-145 -83,-146.5 -83,-148 -83,-149.5 -83,-151 -83,-152.5 -83,-154 -83,-155.5 -83,-157 -83,-158.5 -83,-160 -83,-160 -82.8,-160 -82.6,-160 -82.4,-160 -82.2,-160 -82,-160 -81.8,-160 -81.6,-160 -81.4,-160 -81.2,-160 -81))"] | ["POINT(-152.5 -82)"] | false | false |
Radar Investigations of Antarctic Ice Stream Margins, Siple Dome, 1998
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9725882 |
2007-07-06 | Nereson, Nadine A.; Raymond, Charles |
Internal Stratigraphy and Basal Conditions at the Margins ofActive Ice Streams of the Siple Coast, Antarctica |
This data set consists of surface-based radar measurements, including geometry of the bed, surface, and internal layers, and bed reflectivity measurements at two sites along ice stream margins at Siple Dome, Antarctica. The research is a radar examination of bed reflection characteristics and internal layer geometry in two inter-ice-stream ridges, the Shabtaie Ridge (Ridge D/E) and the Engelhardt Ridge (Ridge B/C), and across margins with the adjacent ice streams, the MacAyeal Ice Stream (Ice Stream E) and the Whillans Ice Stream (Ice Stream B). Investigators collected these radar data from 14 November through 13 December 1998. Data are in Microsoft Word, PDF, ASCII text, MATLAB, binary, and various image formats. Investigators have also provided code for MATLAB routines that they used to view the radar data. Data are available via FTP. | ["POLYGON((-141.6722 -80.1678,-141.34195 -80.1678,-141.0117 -80.1678,-140.68145 -80.1678,-140.3512 -80.1678,-140.02095 -80.1678,-139.6907 -80.1678,-139.36045 -80.1678,-139.0302 -80.1678,-138.69995 -80.1678,-138.3697 -80.1678,-138.3697 -80.4863,-138.3697 -80.8048,-138.3697 -81.1233,-138.3697 -81.4418,-138.3697 -81.7603,-138.3697 -82.0788,-138.3697 -82.3973,-138.3697 -82.7158,-138.3697 -83.0343,-138.3697 -83.3528,-138.69995 -83.3528,-139.0302 -83.3528,-139.36045 -83.3528,-139.6907 -83.3528,-140.02095 -83.3528,-140.3512 -83.3528,-140.68145 -83.3528,-141.0117 -83.3528,-141.34195 -83.3528,-141.6722 -83.3528,-141.6722 -83.0343,-141.6722 -82.7158,-141.6722 -82.3973,-141.6722 -82.0788,-141.6722 -81.7603,-141.6722 -81.4418,-141.6722 -81.1233,-141.6722 -80.8048,-141.6722 -80.4863,-141.6722 -80.1678))"] | ["POINT(-140.02095 -81.7603)"] | false | false |
Compilation of Antarctic Radar Data, Siple Coast, 2000-2002
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9909518 |
2005-12-15 | Raymond, Charles; Conway, Howard; Catania, Ginny |
Collaborative Research:History and Evolution of the Siple Coast Ice Stream Systems as Recorded by Former Shear-Margin Scars |
These data consist of ground-based, ice-penetrating radar profiles across satellite-detected lineations and terrains that were taken in the lower reaches of Ross Ice Stream C, also known as the Kamb Ice Stream (KIS); on Roosevelt Island; on the Siple Dome; and on the Shabtaie Ice Ridge. | ["POLYGON((-158 -81,-155.6 -81,-153.2 -81,-150.8 -81,-148.4 -81,-146 -81,-143.6 -81,-141.2 -81,-138.8 -81,-136.4 -81,-134 -81,-134 -81.3,-134 -81.6,-134 -81.9,-134 -82.2,-134 -82.5,-134 -82.8,-134 -83.1,-134 -83.4,-134 -83.7,-134 -84,-136.4 -84,-138.8 -84,-141.2 -84,-143.6 -84,-146 -84,-148.4 -84,-150.8 -84,-153.2 -84,-155.6 -84,-158 -84,-158 -83.7,-158 -83.4,-158 -83.1,-158 -82.8,-158 -82.5,-158 -82.2,-158 -81.9,-158 -81.6,-158 -81.3,-158 -81))"] | ["POINT(-146 -82.5)"] | false | false |
Analysis of Siple Dome Ice Core: Carbonyl Sulfide (COS), Methyl Chloride (CH3Cl), and Methyl Bromide (CH3Br)
|
0338359 |
2005-11-16 | Saltzman, Eric; Aydin, Murat |
Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores |
This data set is part of the WAISCORES (West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores) project, research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and designed to improve understanding of how the West Antarctic ice sheet influences climate and sea level change. WAISCORES investigators acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. These data provide researchers with a record of natural climatic variability and anthropogenic influence on biogeochemical cycles. Because ice cores contain an archive of preindustrial air, a baseline can be established, and the extent of human impact on the climate can be ascertained. This data set includes mixing ratios of carbonyl sulfide (COS), methyl chloride (CH3Cl), and methyl bromide (CH3Br). Data samples were retrieved from the Siple C ice core, which was drilled at 81.65° S, 148.81° W in December 1995. The core site sits 620 m above sea level near the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf where there is a mean annual temperature of -25.4 °C. Data are available via FTP. | ["POINT(-148.81 -81.65)"] | ["POINT(-148.81 -81.65)"] | false | false |
Margin Migration Rates and Dynamics: Siple Coast Ice Streams
|
0086997 |
2005-03-17 | Truffer, Martin; Echelmeyer, Keith A. |
Margin Migration Rates and Margin Dynamics of the Siple Coast Ice Streams |
This product, based on prior data collected under NSF-OPP grant 8716604 (Echelmeyer and Harrison) and NSF-OPP grant 9117911 (Harrison), includes ice velocity data between stations S17 and UpB on the Upper Whillans Ice Stream, Siple Coast, West Antarctica, from January 1994 to January 1995. Velocities were measured using a total station, a surveying instrument that combines a digital theodolite and an Electronic Distance Measuring (EDM) device to measure horizontal and vertical angles, slope, and horizontal and vertical distances. Data are in ASCII and Excel formats, and are available via FTP. | ["POLYGON((-140.7 -83.2,-140.12 -83.2,-139.54 -83.2,-138.96 -83.2,-138.38 -83.2,-137.8 -83.2,-137.22 -83.2,-136.64 -83.2,-136.06 -83.2,-135.48 -83.2,-134.9 -83.2,-134.9 -83.27,-134.9 -83.34,-134.9 -83.41,-134.9 -83.48,-134.9 -83.55,-134.9 -83.62,-134.9 -83.69,-134.9 -83.76,-134.9 -83.83,-134.9 -83.9,-135.48 -83.9,-136.06 -83.9,-136.64 -83.9,-137.22 -83.9,-137.8 -83.9,-138.38 -83.9,-138.96 -83.9,-139.54 -83.9,-140.12 -83.9,-140.7 -83.9,-140.7 -83.83,-140.7 -83.76,-140.7 -83.69,-140.7 -83.62,-140.7 -83.55,-140.7 -83.48,-140.7 -83.41,-140.7 -83.34,-140.7 -83.27,-140.7 -83.2))"] | ["POINT(-137.8 -83.55)"] | false | false |
Siple Dome Ice Core Age-Depth Scales
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9420648 |
2003-09-09 | Nereson, Nadine A. |
Ice Modelling Study of Siple Dome: WAIS Ice Dynamics, WAISCORES Paleoclimate and Ice Stream/Ice Dome Interactions |
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. Nereson's 'Age Versus Depth' plot shows the results of the calculations published in her paper on predicted age-depth scales (Nereson, N.A., E.D. Waddington, C.F. Raymond, and H.P. Jacobson. 1996. Predicted Age-Depth Scales for Siple Dome and Inland WAIS Ice Cores in West Antarctica.Geophys. Res. Let., 23(22): 3163-3166.). | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Siple Dome Highlights: Stable isotopes
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None | 2003-08-18 | Steig, Eric J.; White, James | No project link provided | 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 provides measurements of stable isotopes of water and deuterium excess for the Siple Dome ice cores. The shallow cores from Siple Dome were analyzed for isotopes with sub-annual temporal detail. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Siple Dome Methane Record
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0512971 |
2003-08-18 | Brook, Edward J. |
High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change |
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. Brooks measured methane in approximately 196 samples between 55.6 and 738.5 m (0-20 ka) in the Siple Dome ice core, and then extended the Siple Dome methane record at medium resolution down to about 860m, corresponding to an age of about 45 ka. The team compared the results with data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) and the Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP). | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Ice Motion and Topography Near Margin Areas of Kamb Ice Stream, Antarctica
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9909469 |
2003-08-01 | Scambos, Ted; Catania, Ginny; Conway, Howard; Gades, Anthony; Raymond, Charles |
Collaborative Research: History and Evolution of the Siple Coast Ice Stream System as Recorded by Former Shear-Margin Scars |
This data set includes ice motion and topography measurements that were taken by measuring movement and altitude of poles set in the West Antarctic Ice Shelf. The data was acquired by Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements of poles. The position of the poles was measured twice; once in 2000, and again in 2002. Movement of the poles in that time show the ice motion velocity and direction. GPS pole positions are given in latitude and longitude, and elevations are given in meters above the WGS1984 ellipsoid. The data are presented as tables in ASCII text files. Three maps of the area are included with the data tables. The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded this work under grant number OPP-9909469. | ["POLYGON((-158 -82.2,-155.63 -82.2,-153.26 -82.2,-150.89 -82.2,-148.52 -82.2,-146.15 -82.2,-143.78 -82.2,-141.41 -82.2,-139.04 -82.2,-136.67 -82.2,-134.3 -82.2,-134.3 -82.33,-134.3 -82.46,-134.3 -82.59,-134.3 -82.72,-134.3 -82.85,-134.3 -82.98,-134.3 -83.11,-134.3 -83.24,-134.3 -83.37,-134.3 -83.5,-136.67 -83.5,-139.04 -83.5,-141.41 -83.5,-143.78 -83.5,-146.15 -83.5,-148.52 -83.5,-150.89 -83.5,-153.26 -83.5,-155.63 -83.5,-158 -83.5,-158 -83.37,-158 -83.24,-158 -83.11,-158 -82.98,-158 -82.85,-158 -82.72,-158 -82.59,-158 -82.46,-158 -82.33,-158 -82.2))"] | ["POINT(-146.15 -82.85)"] | false | false |
Siple Shallow Core Density Data
|
0126286 |
2003-05-14 | Lamorey, Gregg W. |
Continuous High Resolution Ice-Core Chemistry using ICP-MS at Siple Dome |
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. Lamorey measured the density of the shallow Siple Dome cores B - I. One-meter sections of the ice core were weighed on a balance beam in the field. The volume was determined by measuring the diameter and length of the core. The data consists of tab-delimited text files of density measurements and a sonic velocity profile, and a .gif format density-versus-depth plot. Data are available via FTP. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Physical and Structural Properties of the Siple Dome Ice Cores
|
9527262 |
2003-05-14 | Gow, Tony; Meese, Deb |
Physical and Structural Properties of the Siple Dome Core |
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 annual layer data for Siple Dome ice cores A, B, and C, based on stratigraphy; thin-section images, and fabric data. The study included the analysis of more than 2500 crystallographic c-axes conducted on 50 thin sections from the main PICO core. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Digital Images of Thin Sections from Siple Dome
|
9615554 |
2003-05-14 | Fitzpatrick, Joan |
Digital Imaging for Ice Core Analysis |
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 comprises low-resolution (72 dpi) jpg images of thin sections from the Siple Dome ice core. The images were acquired during the 1997/1998 field season, from both the SDM-A, or main 13.2-cm, core and from the hot water core recovered by Hermann Englehardt. The data set includes both vertical and horizontal thin sections. With one exception, all images were recorded in cross-polarized light. Two examples of archived high-resolution (275 dpi) images are provided for direct comparison of the low- and high-resolution images. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Volcanic Records in the Siple and Taylor Dome Ice Cores
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9527373 |
2003-05-14 | Zielinski, Gregory; Dunbar, Nelia |
Collaborative Research: Volcanic Record in Antarctic Ice: Implications for Climatic and Eruptive History and Ice Sheet Dynamics of the South Polar Region |
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. | ["POINT(-149 -81)", "POINT(158.7889 -77.95)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)", "POINT(158.7889 -77.95)"] | false | false |
Siple Dome Cores Electrical Measurement Data
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9526420 |
2003-05-08 | Taylor, Kendrick C. |
Electrical and Optical Measurements on the Siple Dome Ice Core |
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. Taylor measured the electrical conductivity (ECM) and Complex Conductivity (CC), a measure of the total ions in the ice, in the main Siple Dome ice core. Measurements were taken along the core from a depth of 0 m to 800 m. The project also analyzed shallower cores for ECM and dielectric properties (DEP). (DEP is also a measure of the total ions in the ice, but with lower spatial resolution than the CC.) Albedo measurements where made on the shallow cores and the main core to a depth of 391 m. The data set includes images showing the electrical conductivity of a vertical section of the core. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Snow-atmosphere Transfer Function for Reversibly Deposited Chemical Species in West Antarctica
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9526572 |
2002-07-11 | McConnell, Joseph; Bales, Roger |
Snow-Atmosphere Transfer Function for Reversibly Deposited Chemical Species in West Antarctica |
This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores (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 snow pit and core samples from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This data set includes glaciochemical spatial variability data for six Siple Dome snow pits. Samples involved measuring hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>) and formaldehyde (HCHO) in the air, snow, firn, and ice via suppressed ion chromatography. The data can be used to interpret changes in concentrations of these species recorded in ice cores. Data in this collection were obtained during two Antarctic field seasons in 1994 to 1995 and 1996 to 1997. Data are available via FTP in tab-delimited ASCII text (.dat, .txt) file format. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
WAISCORES Snow Pit Chemistry, Antarctica
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9526449 |
2002-07-11 | Kreutz, Karl; Mayewski, Paul A. |
Siple Dome Deep Ice Core Glaciochemistry and Regional Survey - A Contribution to the WAIS Initiative |
This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (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 snow pit and core samples from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This data set includes glaciochemical spatial variability data for Siple Dome snow pits B, E, F, G, H, and 1 through 6. Samples were analyzed for soluble ion content via suppressed ion chromatography. Each pit was sampled at 2 cm resolution for ion chemistry using clean procedures, and sampled again at 3 cm resolution for density calculations. Snow pit names and locations correspond to the 1996 to 1997 season shallow core sites. Data in this collection were obtained during two Antarctic field seasons in 1994 to 1995 and 1996 to 1997. Data are available via FTP in space-delimited ASCII text (.dat) file format. | ["POLYGON((-149.11 -81.05,-149.05 -81.05,-148.99 -81.05,-148.93 -81.05,-148.87 -81.05,-148.81 -81.05,-148.75 -81.05,-148.69 -81.05,-148.63 -81.05,-148.57 -81.05,-148.51 -81.05,-148.51 -81.11,-148.51 -81.17,-148.51 -81.23,-148.51 -81.29,-148.51 -81.35,-148.51 -81.41,-148.51 -81.47,-148.51 -81.53,-148.51 -81.59,-148.51 -81.65,-148.57 -81.65,-148.63 -81.65,-148.69 -81.65,-148.75 -81.65,-148.81 -81.65,-148.87 -81.65,-148.93 -81.65,-148.99 -81.65,-149.05 -81.65,-149.11 -81.65,-149.11 -81.59,-149.11 -81.53,-149.11 -81.47,-149.11 -81.41,-149.11 -81.35,-149.11 -81.29,-149.11 -81.23,-149.11 -81.17,-149.11 -81.11,-149.11 -81.05))"] | ["POINT(-148.81 -81.35)"] | false | false |
Methane and Carbonyl Sulfide Analysis of Siple Dome Ice Core Subsamples
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0338359 |
2002-07-10 | Saltzman, Eric; Aydin, Murat |
Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores |
This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (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. Siple Dome ice cores were analyzed for methanesulfonate (MSA) and carbonyl sulfide (OCS). The methanesulfonate analysis was done on cores A-E and a hot water core, and the carbonyl sulfide analysis was done on 11 C cores. Methanesulfonate data include the sample identification number, depth, and methanesulfonate parts per billion (ppb) of each sample. Carbonyl sulfide data include the depth, OCS parts per trillion (ppt) of each sample, percent error, and gas age (years). Data are available via FTP in tab-delimited ASCII text (.dat, .txt) file format. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
WAISCORES: Deep Ice Coring in West Antarctica
|
None | 2002-01-01 | Lamorey, Gregg W. | No project link provided | The WAISCORES project is part of the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs' West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) initiative, which is aimed at understanding 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. These cores allow researchers to distinguish local from regional influences on the climate records recovered from the cores. Drilling for the Siple Dome core began in November 1996 and finished in January 1999. The core site is located between ice streams C and D at approximately 81° 40' S and 148° 49' W. Preliminary studies indicate that the paleoclimate record preserved in the 1003-meter Siple Dome ice core extends back more than 90 thousand years. Data are available via ftp. The following WAISCORES investigators have made contributions to WAISCORES research. NSIDC archives data for many of these investigators: Mary Albert, Richard Alley, Robin Bell, Michael Bender, Robert Bindscadler, Pierre Biscaye, Donald Blankenship, Ed Brook, Nelia Dunbar, Joan Fitzpatrick, Tony Gow, Gregg Lamorey, Paul Mayewski, Joseph McConnell, Deb Meese, Nadine Nereson, Charlie Raymond, Eric Saltzman, Eric Steig, Christopher Shuman, Ken Taylor, Lonnie Thompson, Edwin Waddington, Martin Wahlen, James White, and Gret Zielinksi. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History 1994, 1996
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9316338 |
1999-01-01 | Jacobel, Robert |
Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History |
The Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History project was part of Western Divide West Antarctic Ice Cores (WAISCORES), 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 project supported glaciological studies of Siple Dome and its surroundings between Ice Streams C and D, via two major goals. First, it sought to characterize the dynamic environment and ice stratigraphy of Siple Dome and its surroundings, with the specific mission of assessing Siple Dome as a potential deep core site; and second, to determine whether the configuration of ice stream flow in the region has changed over time. Both goals are relevant to understanding the dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), its history, and potential future behavior. This project was a collaboration between Saint Olaf College, the University of Washington, and the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado. It included studies of satellite imagery and acquisition and analysis of field data from GPS, firn cores and snow pits, and ground-based ice-penetrating radar. Data in this collection were obtained during two Antarctic field seasons in 1994–95 and 1996–97. The data set is available via FTP as Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (.xls) and ASCII tab delimited (.txt) files. Related notes are available as a Microsoft Word (.doc) or text (.txt) file. Related images and charts are available as Graphics Interchange Format (.gif) and Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpg) files. | ["POLYGON((-155 -81,-154 -81,-153 -81,-152 -81,-151 -81,-150 -81,-149 -81,-148 -81,-147 -81,-146 -81,-145 -81,-145 -81.2,-145 -81.4,-145 -81.6,-145 -81.8,-145 -82,-145 -82.2,-145 -82.4,-145 -82.6,-145 -82.8,-145 -83,-146 -83,-147 -83,-148 -83,-149 -83,-150 -83,-151 -83,-152 -83,-153 -83,-154 -83,-155 -83,-155 -82.8,-155 -82.6,-155 -82.4,-155 -82.2,-155 -82,-155 -81.8,-155 -81.6,-155 -81.4,-155 -81.2,-155 -81))"] | ["POINT(-150 -82)"] | false | false |
Visible Stratigraphic Dating, Siple Dome and Upstream C Cores
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9526374 |
1997-01-01 | Alley, Richard |
Physical Properties of the Siple Dome Deep Ice Core |
This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (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 melt layers and annual layer data for Siple Dome cores A through J, and upstream core C (UpC). Cores were examined on a light table after the core had been sectioned longitudinally and samples removed for isotopic, chemical, and other analyses, and after the surface had been smoothed using a planer. Major stratigraphic features were noted, such as coarse-grained and fine-grained firn at shallow depths, and coarse-bubbled and fine-bubbled ice at greater depth. Melt layers were identified as bubble-free or nearly-bubble-free zones. Core lengths ranged from 30 to 133 meters. Data in this collection were obtained in the summer of 1997. The data set is available via FTP as ACSII data (.dat), metadata (.meta) and text (.txt) files. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |