Vostok Ice Core Chemistry, Timescale, Isotope, and Temperature Data

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Entry ID

NSIDC-0242

Summary

This data set contains ice core chemistry, timescale, isotope, and temperature data analyzed by several investigators. In January 1998, the collaborative ice-drilling project between Russia, the United States, and France at the Russian Vostok station in East Antarctica yielded the deepest ice core ever recovered, reaching a depth of 3,623 m. Preliminary data indicate the Vostok ice-core record extends through four climate cycles, with ice slightly older than 400 kyr.

Location Keywords

• CONTINENT ANTARCTICA
• GEOGRAPHIC REGION POLAR

Science Keywords

• Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow/Ice Chemistry
• Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow/Ice Temperature
• Paleoclimate Ice Core Records Carbon Dioxide
• Paleoclimate Ice Core Records Isotopes
• Paleoclimate Ice Core Records Methane
• Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow/Ice Chemistry
• Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow/Ice Temperature

ISO Topic Category (View Definitions)

• Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere

Platform

• GROUND STATIONS

Instrument

• CORING DEVICES

Originating Center

NSIDC_AGDC

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel

Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@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/

Data Center Personnel

Name: NSIDC AGDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@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

Personnel

Jean Robert Petit
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:

• LGGE-CNRS

Jean Jouzel
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:

• CEA/SACLAY/DSM

Country: France

Todd A. Sowers
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 814 865-1921
Email: tas11@psu.edu
Contact Address:

• Penn State University
• Earth and Environment Science Institute
• 317b Earth and Engineering Science Building

City: University Park
Province or State: PA
Postal Code: 16802
Country: USA

Michael Bender
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 609 258-2936
Email: bender@princeton.edu
Contact Address:

• Princeton University
• Department of Geosciences
• M48 Guyot Hall

City: Princeton
Province or State: NJ
Postal Code: 08544
Country: USA

J M Barnola
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:

• Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l’ Environnement

City: Grenoble
Country: France

Hubertus Fishcer
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:

• Alfred Wegener Institute

City: Bremerhaven
Country: Germany

Jerome Chappellaz
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:

• CNRS

City: Grenoble
Country: France

Thomas Blunier
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:

• Princeton University

William Ruddiman
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:

• University of Virginia

Country: USA

Maureen Raymo
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:

• Boston University

Country: USA

Claude Lorius
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:

• Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement

Country: France

Ed Brook
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:

• Washington State University

D Lal
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:

• Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Country: USA

Metadata Name and Version

Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2004-08-26
Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-01-24

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