1994 Siple Dome Ice Core Major Ion Dataset
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              World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder
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                   NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!

NAME OF DATA SET: 1994 Siple Dome Ice Core Major Ion Dataset
CONTRIBUTORS: Karl Kreutz and Paul Mayewski,
University of Maine and University of New Hampshire 

IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2002-046

SUGGESTED DATA CITATION: Kreutz, K.J., et al., 2002, 
1994 Siple Dome Ice Core Major Ion Dataset,
IGBP Pages/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology
Data Contribution Series #2002-046.
NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA.

ORIGINAL REFERENCES: 
Kreutz, K.J., and P.A. Mayewski, 1999,
Spatial variability of Antarctic surface snow glaciochemistry: 
Implications for paleoatmospheric circulation reconstructions, 
Antarctic Science, 11 (1), 105-118.

Kreutz, K.J., P.A. Mayewski, L.D. Meeker, M.S. Twickler, and S.I. Whitlow, 2000,
The effect of spatial and temporal accumulation rate variability in 
West Antarctica on soluble ion deposition, 
Geophysical Research Letters, 27 (16), 2517-2520, 2000.

Kreutz, K.J., P.A. Mayewski, L.D. Meeker, M.S. Twickler, S.I. Whitlow, and 
I.P. Pittalwala, 
Bipolar changes in atmospheric circulation during the Little Ice Age, 
Science, 277, 1294-1296, 1997.

Kreutz, K.J., P.A. Mayewski, I.I. Pittalwala, L.D. Meeker, M.S. Twickler, 
and S.I. Whitlow, 2000, 
Sea-level pressure variability in the Amundsen Sea region inferred from a 
West Antarctic glaciochemical record, 
Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 (D3), 4047-4059, 2000.

Kreutz, K.J., P.A. Mayewski, M.S. Twickler, S.I. Whitlow, J.W.C. White, 
C.A. Shuman, C.F. Raymond, H. Conway, and J.R. McConnell, 
Seasonal variations of glaciochemical, isotopic, and stratigraphic properties 
of Siple Dome, Antarctica surface snow, 
Annals of Glaciology, 29, 38-44, 1999.

Kreutz, K.J., P.A. Mayewski, S.I. Whitlow, and M.S. Twickler, 
Limited migration of soluble ionic species in a Siple Dome, Antarctica, ice core, 
Annals of Glaciology, 27, 371-377, 1998.


LAST UPDATE: July 2002 (Original Receipt by WDC Paleo)

GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Siple Dome, Antarctica
PERIOD OF RECORD: 849 - 1995 AD


LIST OF FILES: readme_siple_ions.txt (this file), 
siple_ion.txt (Tab-delimited text). 

DESCRIPTION:
1994 Siple Dome Ice Core Major Ion Dataset, 
containing Na, NH4, K, Mg, Ca, Cl, NO3,SO4, MSA in ppb.