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

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 68, 2014, Pages 15-26

  Souney, Joseph M ^a   Twickler, Mark S ^a   Hargreaves, Geoffrey M ^b   Bencivengo, Brian M ^b   Kippenhan, Matthew J ^c   Johnson, Jay A ^d   Cravens, Eric D ^e   Neff, Peter D ^f   Nunn, Richard M ^b   Orsi, Anais J ^g   Popp, Trevor J ^h   Rhoades, John F ^b   Vaughn, Bruce H ⁱ   Voigt, Donald E ^j   Wong, Gifford J ^k   Taylor, Kendrick C ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c US Antarctic Program   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e ADC Management Services Inc ^*  (United States)

^f VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^g DIF   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^j PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^l DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Glaciological instruments and methods; Ice core; Ice coring

Indexed keywords

CORE LOGGING; GLACIOLOGY; ICE CORE; INSTRUMENTATION;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84926619242     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014AoG68A008     Document Type: Article

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