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Brook, Edward J (1999): GISP2 Methane Concentrations [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.56093

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Related to:
Brook, Edward J; Sowers, Todd A; Orchardo, J (1996): Rapid variations in atmospheric methane concentration during the past 110,000 years. Science, 273(5278), 1087-1091, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.273.5278.1087
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
Project(s):
Greenland Ice Core Projects (GRIP/GISP/NGRIP)
Coverage:
Latitude: 72.970000 * Longitude: -38.800000
Date/Time Start: 1990-01-01T00:39:00 * Date/Time End: 1990-01-01T00:39:00
Minimum DEPTH, ice/snow: 116.3000 m * Maximum DEPTH, ice/snow: 3038.0000 m
Event(s):
GISP2 * Latitude: 72.970000 * Longitude: -38.800000 * Date/Time: 1990-01-01T00:39:00 * Elevation: 3208.0 m * Recovery: 3053 m * Campaign: GISP * Basis: Sampling/drilling ice * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: GISP2 is a combination of the shallow B and the deeper D core; about 200 ka
Comment:
Ice ages were calculated by linear interpolation from the Meese et al. timescale. Depth is midpoint of sample.
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DEPTH, ice/snowDepth ice/snowmGeocode
AGEAgeka BPGeocode
MethaneCH4ppbvBrook, Edward J
Gas ageGas ageka BPBrook, Edward JCalculatedaccording to the methods described in Brook et al. 1996
Size:
618 data points

Data

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Depth ice/snow [m]

Age [ka BP]

CH4 [ppbv]

Gas age [ka BP]
116.30000.337007390.133
116.70000.339007370.135
117.30000.341007530.138
117.60000.343007540.140
147.10000.466007300.273
149.30000.477007010.284
151.30000.486006940.294
214.30000.760007000.565
274.10001.019007150.830
314.10001.194006631.007
393.00001.566006651.369
435.00001.780006511.584
455.00001.878006541.679
475.10001.973006371.779
535.10002.280006262.088
615.10002.704005962.510
634.10002.809006152.615
655.10002.922006652.730
736.10003.388006473.198
755.10003.503005903.310
874.10004.232006094.035
919.70004.524005984.328
991.10004.995005884.802
1014.60005.157005814.965
1074.20005.586005925.387
1134.90006.052005795.855
1235.50006.854006036.659
1253.90007.007006546.816
1334.90007.702006347.510
1354.90007.877006217.688
1375.10008.057006137.867
1415.10008.437005668.233
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2002.000024.3630039523.298
2015.000025.1910041424.288
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