Abstract
The Transantarctic Mountains of East Antarctica provide a new milieu for retrieval of ice-core records. We report here on the initial findings from the first of these records, the Dominion Range ice-core record. Sites such as the Dominion Range are valuable for the recovery of records detailing climate change, volcanic activity, and changes in the chemistry of the atmosphere. The unique geographic location of this site and a relatively low accumulation rate combine to provide a relatively long record of change for this potentially sensitive climatic region. As such, information concerning the site and general core characteristics are presented, including ice surface, ice thickness, bore-hole temperature, mean annual net accumulation, crystal size, crystal fabric, oxygen-isotope composition, and examples of ice chemistry and isotopic composition of trapped gases.
Department
Earth Systems Research Center
Publication Date
1-20-2017
Journal Title
Journal of Glaciology
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Mayewski, P. A., Twickler, M. S., Lyons, W. B., Spencer, M. J., Meese, D. A., Gow, A. J., . . . Saltzman, E. (1990). The Dominion Range Ice Core, Queen Maud Mountains, Antarctica - General Site and Core Characteristics with Implications. Journal of Glaciology, 36(122), 11-16. doi:10.1017/S0022143000005499
Rights
© International Glaciological Society 1990.
Comments
This is an article published by Cambridge University Press. https://dx.doi.org/10.3189/S0022143000005499