Properties:
Ice core 16 wi

Ice cores

 
Site 16: White ice Date: 2 September 2005 Latitude: 85 58.992 N Longitude:162 13.885 W  
Thickness: 268 cm Freeboard: 30 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.