Law Dome Ice Core Records Spanning 2000 Years from East Antarctica

2000 years of annually dated ice core records from the Dome Summit South site at Law Dome, East Antarctica. This collection provides improved dating and extends previously released versions to cover the period from -9 to 2017 CE. The dataset is a parent metadata record from the AU_AADC organization, last updated in February 2017.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing historical atmospheric composition based on the annually dated ice core records.
• Analyzing long-term climate trends over two millennia based on the extended time series.
• Calibrating climate models using the improved dating and coherent set of records from a single site.

Strengths

• Covers a 2000-year time period from -9 to 2017 CE.
• Provides improved dating and updates over previous versions.
• Records are annually dated, offering high temporal resolution.

Limitations

• Last updated 2017-02-10 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

AU_AADC

Collection Method

Compilation of ice cores drilled at the Dome Summit South site, Law Dome.

Time Range

-9 to 2017 CE

Freshness

2017-02-10 23:59:59.999000

Geography

Law Dome, East Antarctica