Properties:
Ice core 08 wi

Ice cores

 
Site 08: White ice Date: 27 August 2005 Latitude: 84 18.540 N Longitude:160 38.867 W  
Thickness: 200 cm Freeboard: 25 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.