Antarctic ice cores collected along a traverse over Law Dome and Wilkes Land in 1963. The dataset includes stratigraphy details and notes on ice temperature, hardness, density, and grain size. The original hard copy is archived by the Australian Antarctic Division.
Use Cases
- Analyze historical ice stratigraphy patterns based on recorded stratigraphy details.
- Model ice sheet properties based on recorded temperature, hardness, and density.
- Study Antarctic climate history based on ice core data from a specific 1963 traverse.
Strengths
- Data originates from a specific Antarctic traverse in 1963, providing a historical snapshot.
- Includes multiple physical ice properties: temperature, hardness, density, and grain.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 1963-12-30 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- AU_AADC (Australian Antarctic Division)
- Collection Method
- Recorded stratigraphy from ice cores taken along a traverse.
- Time Range
- 1963
- Geography
- Law Dome and Wilkes Land, Antarctica