Properties:
Ice core 03 wi

Ice cores

 
Site 03: White ice Date: 19 August 2005 Latitude: 78 17.493 N Longitude:176 40.739 W  
Thickness: 104 cm Freeboard: 20 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.