South Pole Snow Pit, 1988 and 1989

Data Contributors WHITLOW, SALLIE MAYEWSKI, PAUL A. Parameters SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY > snow pit major ion chemistry, snow pit oxygen isotopes, snow pit major ion chemistry, snow pit oxygen isotopes

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Information from 6-meter snow pits dug close to the South Pole in austral summer 1988-1989 by the Glacier Research Group of the University of New Hampshire (location - 38 km on grid 90 from South Pole station - eastern margin of clean air sector) are available.

Major ion chemistry (Na, K, Mg, Ca, Cl, NO3, SO4), oxygen isotopes (I8O), H2O2, and beta from a 6-meter snow pit covering the period 1955 to 1989 are included. Major ion chemistry for a series of surface snow samples were also collected on the traverse to the pit.

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Mayewski, P., and S. Whitlow. 2000. South Pole snow pit, 1988 and 1989. Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.

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