Properties:
Ice core 02 wi

Ice cores

 
Site 02: White ice Date: 16 August 2005 Latitude: 78 26.3 N Longitude:162 40.7W  
Thickness: 110 cm Freeboard: 10 cm Snow depth: 0 cm Granular: XX% Columnar: YY%

Plot of salinity and density as a function of depth. Photographs on the right show i) ice core in reflected light, ii) thin sections in polarized transmitted light, and iii) thin sections in transmitted natural light.