Abstract:
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.
Geographic Coverage
N: -81.0
S: -81.0
E: -149.0
W: -149.0
N: -77.95
S: -77.95
E: 158.7889
W: 158.7889
Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
Gregory Zielinski, Nelia Dunbar
Dataset Title:
Volcanic Records in the Siple and Taylor Dome Ice Cores
Dataset Series Name:
WAISCORES
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-0126.html
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
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
Distribution
Distribution_Media:
ftp
Distribution_Size:
23.6 MB .tif files, combined, 29 KB Excel file, 74 KB text files, combined
Distribution_Format:
29 .tif backscatter electron (BSE) images, 1 Microsoft Excel file, 3 ASCII text
Personnel
GREGORY
A.
ZIELINSKI Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
207-581-3441
Fax:
207-581-1203
Email:
gzielinski at maine.edu
Contact Address:
Climate Change Institute
318 Bryand Global Sciences Center
University of Maine City:
Orono
Province or State:
ME
Postal Code:
04469-5790
Country:
USA
NELIA
DUNBAR Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
(505) 835-5783
Email:
nelia at nmt.edu
Contact Address:
New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources
Earth and Environmental Science Department
New Mexico Tech
801 Leroy Place City:
Socorro
Province or State:
NM
Postal Code:
87801-4796
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
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2003-03-07
Last DIF Revision Date:
2011-06-30
