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Snow accumulation from the Bryan Coast ice core (BC11), Ellsworth Land, West Antarctica
GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00939

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Abstract:
This dataset provides a 298 year (1712-2010) annual snow accumulation record from the Bryan Coast (BC11) ice core. The 140 m core was drilled on the Bryan Coast in Ellsworth Land, West Antarctica, during the austral summer 2010/11. The record was measured using the summer peak in non sea salt (nss) SO4, in approximately January to December. Snow accumulation is converted to meters of water equivalent (weq - m) based on measured density profile and correcting for thinning using the Nye model, assuming vertical strain rate. Samples were measured at 5 cm resolution, corresponding to approximately eight samples per year.

Funding was provided by the NERC grant NE/J020710/1.

Keywords:
Ice core, Isotope, Snow accumulation, West Antarctica

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Thomas, E. (2017). Snow accumulation from the Bryan Coast ice core (BC11), Ellsworth Land, West Antarctica (Version None) [Data set]. Polar Data Centre; British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council; Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK.. https://doi.org/10.5285/6feac38a-5847-46f9-84e4-e7e9d291f935

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