Properties:
Ice core 10 wi

Ice cores

 
Site 10: White ice Date: 29 August 2005 Latitude: 84 18.423 N Longitude:149 04.907 W  
Thickness: 334 cm Freeboard: 46 cm Snow depth: 5.5 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.