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Meese, D A (1999): GISP2 B Core Depth Age Scale [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.56078

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Alley, Richard B; Meese, D A; Shuman, Christopher A; Gow, A J; Taylor, Kendrick C; Grootes, Pieter Meiert; White, James W C; Ram, M; Waddington, Edwin D; Mayewski, Paul Andrew; Zielinski, G A (1993): Abrupt increase in Greenland snow accumulation at the end of the Younger Dryas event. Nature, 362(6420), 527-529, https://doi.org/10.1038/362527a0
GRIP/GISP (1997): The Greenland Summit Ice Cores CD-ROM GISP2/GRIP. National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, and World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder Colorado, CD-ROM, grip-gisp.iso
Meese, D A; Alley, Richard B; Fiacco, R J; Germani, M S; Gow, A J; Grootes, Pieter Meiert; Illing, M; Mayewski, Paul Andrew; Morrison, M E S; Ram, M; Taylor, Kendrick C; Yang, Q; Zielinski, G A (1994): Preliminary depth-agescale of the GISP2 ice core. Special CRREL Report US, 94-1
Meese, D A; Gow, A J; Alley, Richard B; Zielinski, G A; Grootes, Pieter Meiert; Ram, M; Taylor, Kendrick C; Mayewski, Paul Andrew; Bolzan, J F (1997): The Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 depth-age scale: Methods and results. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 102(C12), 26411-26424, https://doi.org/10.1029/97JC00269
Meese, D A; Gow, A J; Grootes, Pieter Meiert; Mayewski, Paul Andrew; Ram, M; Stuiver, Minze; Taylor, Kendrick C; Waddington, Edwin D; Zielinski, G A (1994): The accumulation record from the GISP2 core as an indicator of climate change throughout the Holocene. Science, 266(5191), 1680-1682, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.266.5191.1680
Project(s):
Greenland Ice Core Projects (GRIP/GISP/NGRIP)
Coverage:
Latitude: 72.588000 * Longitude: -38.457000
Date/Time Start: 1989-07-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1989-07-01T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, ice/snow: 0.42 m * Maximum DEPTH, ice/snow: 193.99 m
Event(s):
GISP2-B * Latitude: 72.588000 * Longitude: -38.457000 * Date/Time: 1989-07-01T00:00:00 * Elevation Start: 3203.0 m * Elevation End: 0.0 m * Campaign: GISP * Basis: Sampling/drilling ice * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL)
Comment:
Final layer-counted timescale for GISP2 B-core. Based on dating committee`s recom., the B-core is offset from the D-core by 1.09 meters, and a correction has been made in all D-core timescales. This data set contains the original, true B-core depths.
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DEPTH, ice/snowDepth ice/snowmGeocode
AGEAgeka BPGeocode
AgeAgea AD/CEMeese, D A0 represents summer 1950
Layer thicknessThicknessmMeese, D AAge model, layer countingannual layer thickness
Size:
1438 data points

Data

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Age [ka BP]

Age [a AD/CE]

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