Physical Properties of the WAIS Divide Deep Core

This award supports a five-year collaborative project to study the physical-properties of the planned deep ice core and the temperature of the ice in the divide region of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Data include depths of crusts and annual layers observed visually in the ice core, density of the ice core determined by flotation in isooctane, and images and counts of bubble number-density. Data sets will be completed and extended under the follow-on grant to this one.