Trapped Gas Composition and Chronology of the Vostok Ice Core  View Catalog Page
Identification Information:
Dataset Identifier:
NSIDC-0311
Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: Michael Bender
Publication Date: 20070710
Title: Trapped Gas Composition and Chronology of the Vostok Ice Core
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Linkage: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0311.html
Online Linkage: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5P26W12
Description:
Abstract:
This data set includes a time scale for the Vostok ice core, retrieved from Vostok Station on the East Antarctic Plateau. This chronology is derived by orbitally tuning to molecular oxygen to nitrogen (O2/N2) ratios in occluded air for depths deeper than 1550 m (greater than 112,000 years old), and by gas correlation to the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) chronology for the ice core section that is shallower than 1422 m (less than 102,000 years old). Because of poor gas preservation in air bubbles in shallower depths, investigators could only constrain the Vostok chronology for the section deeper than 1550 m by O2/N2. Thus for the shallower section of the core, they synchronized the Vostok delta oxygen-18 (δ18O) and methane (CH4) measurements to those of the GISP2 to obtain the chronology (see Bender, et al. 2006). Note, CH4 data are not included in this data set.
Investigators analyzed the O2/N2 and the δ18O record ratios for approximately the past 115,000 to 400,000 years in the Vostok ice core. They combined new measurements for O2/N2 and δ18O with data from Bender (2002) and Petit, et al. (1999), respectively.
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Purpose: scientific research
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Citation Information:
Originator: Michael Bender
Publication Date: 20070710
Title: Trapped Gas Composition and Chronology of the Vostok Ice Core
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Linkage: http://nsidc.org/data/docs/agdc/nsidc0311_bender/index.html
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Time Period Information:
Range of Dates/Times:
Beginning Date: 20030901
Ending Date: 20060630
Currentness Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: Unknown
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Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinate: -106.8°
East Bounding Coordinate: -106.8°
North Bounding Coordinate: -72.4667°
South Bounding Coordinate: -72.4667°
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Atmosphere Atmospheric Chemistry Nitrogen Compounds
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Atmosphere Atmospheric Chemistry Oxygen Compounds
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Cryosphere Snow/Ice Ice Depth/Thickness
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Paleoclimate Ice Core Records Ice Core Air Bubbles Gas Age
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Paleoclimate Ice Core Records Ice Core Air Bubbles Ice Age
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Paleoclimate Ocean/Lake Records Oxygen Isotopes
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Ice Depth/Thickness
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Theme Keyword Thesaurus: NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Theme Keyword: MASS SPECTROMETERS
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Theme Keyword Thesaurus: NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
Theme Keyword: LABORATORY
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Theme Keyword Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme Keyword: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
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Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None
Theme Keyword: Antarctica
Theme Keyword: Gas Age
Theme Keyword: Ice Age
Theme Keyword: Ice Core
Theme Keyword: Ice Core Data
Theme Keyword: Oxygen Isotopes
Theme Keyword: Paleoclimate
Theme Keyword: Vostok
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus: NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Place Keyword: Continent Antarctica Vostok
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Contact Person Primary:
Contact Person: NSIDC User Services
Contact Organization: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing
Address:
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
State or Province: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 1 303 492-2468 x
Contact Electronic Mail Address: nsidc@nsidc.org
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Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact Person: NSIDC User Services
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing
Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
State or Province: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 1 303 492-2468
Contact Electronic Mail Address: nsidc@nsidc.org
Resource Description:
NSIDC-0311
Distribution Liability:
NSIDC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NSIDC makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
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Format Name: Microsoft Excel
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Metadata Reference Information:
Metadata Date:
20130318
Metadata Review Date:
20130318
Metadata Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Person Primary:
Contact Person: NSIDC User Services
Contact Organization: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing
Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
State or Province: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 1 303 492-2468
Contact Electronic Mail Address: nsidc@nsidc.org
Metadata Standard Name:
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata:
Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata
Metadata Standard Version:
FGDC-STD-012-2002
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