Properties:
Ice core 13 wi

Ice cores

 
Site 13: White ice Date: 31 August 2005 Latitude: 84 10.249 N Longitude:150 59.71 W  
Thickness: 177 cm Freeboard: 2 cm Snow depth: 35 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.