Core handling and processing for the WAIS Divide ice-core project

Joseph M. Souney; Mark S. Twickler; Geoffrey M. Hargreaves; Brian M. Bencivengo; Matthew J. Kippenhan; Jay A. Johnson; Eric D. Cravens; Peter D. Neff; Richard M. Nunn; Anais J. Orsi; Trevor J. Popp; John F. Rhoades; Bruce H. Vaughn; Donald E. Voigt; Gifford J. Wong; Kendrick C. Taylor

doi:10.3189/2014AoG68A008

Core handling and processing for the WAIS Divide ice-core project

Joseph M. Souney, Mark S. Twickler, Geoffrey M. Hargreaves, Brian M. Bencivengo, Matthew J. Kippenhan, Jay A. Johnson, Eric D. Cravens, Peter D. Neff, Richard M. Nunn, Anais J. Orsi, Trevor J. Popp, John F. Rhoades, Bruce H. Vaughn, Donald E. Voigt, Gifford J. Wong, Kendrick C. Taylor

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On 1 December 2011 the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice-core project reached its final depth of 3405 m. The WAIS Divide ice core is not only the longest US ice core to date, but is also the highest-quality deep ice core, including ice from the brittle ice zone, that the US has ever recovered. The methods used at WAIS Divide to handle and log the drilled ice, the procedures used to safely retrograde the ice back to the US National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) and the methods used to process and sample the ice at the NICL are described and discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	15-26
Number of pages	12
Journal	Annals of Glaciology
Volume	55
Issue number	68
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3189/2014AoG68A008
State	Published - Dec 1 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Glaciological instruments and methods
Ice core
Ice coring

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Souney, J. M., Twickler, M. S., Hargreaves, G. M., Bencivengo, B. M., Kippenhan, M. J., Johnson, J. A., Cravens, E. D., Neff, P. D., Nunn, R. M., Orsi, A. J., Popp, T. J., Rhoades, J. F., Vaughn, B. H., Voigt, D. E., Wong, G. J., & Taylor, K. C. (2014). Core handling and processing for the WAIS Divide ice-core project. Annals of Glaciology, 55(68), 15-26. https://doi.org/10.3189/2014AoG68A008

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