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Micrometeorites from the South Pole Water Well

Entry ID: NSIDC-0113

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Summary

Abstract: Micrometeorites dated between 1100 A.D. to 1500 A.D. were collected from the bottom of the South Pole Water Well in December 1995. Element analyses of 181 cosmic glass spherule and micrometeorite samples are in ASCII text and Excel spreadsheet format. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images of the spherules and micrometeorites are in TIFF format. Data are available via ftp.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: -90.0	S: -90.0	E: 0.0	W: 0.0

Min Depth: 90 M Max Depth: 105 M

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Susan Taylor

Dataset Title: Micrometeorites from the South Pole Water Well

Dataset Release Date: 2002-01-01

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Data Presentation Form: table

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0113.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1995-12-01

Stop Date: 1995-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > METEORITES > MICROMETEORITES

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Instrument

SEDIMENT TRAPS

ELECTRON MICROPROBES

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES

Project

CRREL > U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Ancillary Keywords

AGDC

Glass spherules

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0113

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/agdc/
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0113

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC AGDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

NSIDC U.S. Antarctic Data Coordination Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/usadcc/
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0113

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USADCC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: ftp

Distribution Size: 9.5-12.8 MB ASCII files, 35.8-43.4 MB Excel files, 89.3 KB-1.0 MB TIFF files

Distribution Format: ASCII, Excel, TIFF

Personnel

SUSAN TAYLOR

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: (603) 646-4310

Email: staylor at crrel.usace.army.mil

Contact Address:

Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

City: Hanover

Province or State: NH

Postal Code: 03755

Country: USA

NSIDC USER SERVICES

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199

Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468

Email: nsidc at nsidc.org

Contact Address:

National Snow and Ice Data Center

CIRES, 449 UCB

University of Colorado

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80309-0449

Country: USA

Publications/References

Taylor, S. 'Cosmic Dust from the South Pole.' 25 March 2002. Environmental Sciences Branch, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil/es/research/micrometeorites.htm . Accessed 17 September 2002. Taylor, S., J.H. Lever, R.P. Harvey, and J. Govoni. 1997. Collecting micrometeorites from the South Pole Water Well. U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Report 97-1, 37 pp.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2002-09-23

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-07-28

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