Drilling the new 5G-5 branch hole at Vostok Station for collecting a replicate core of old meteoric ice

Drilling the new 5G-5 branch hole at Vostok Station for collecting a replicate core of old meteoric ice

Recent studies have shown that stratigraphically disturbed meteoric ice bedded at Vostok Station between 3318 and 3539 m dates back to 1.2 Ma BP and possibly beyond. As part of the VOICE (Vostok Oldest Ice Challenge) initiative, a new deviation from parent hole 5G-1 was made at depths of 3270–3291 m...

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Main Authors: Aleksei V. Turkeev, Nikolai I. Vasilev, Vladimir Ya. Lipenkov, Alexey V. Bolshunov, Alexey A. Ekaykin, Andrei N. Dmitriev, Dmitrii A. Vasilev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2021-09-01
Series:Annals of Glaciology
Subjects:
Ice drilling
old ice
paleoclimate
replicate ice coring
sidetracking
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0260305521000045/type/journal_article

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