Internal reflecting horizons in the Dome C region of Antarctica

This dataset consists of radar IRHs (internal reflecting horizons) which were traced across ice-penetrating radar surveys conducted between 2016 and 2018 over the Dome C region of the East Antarctic Plateau. The dataset is associated with the publication Chung et al. (2023). The data was collected during two radar surveys conducted in the Antarctic field seasons of 2016-17 and 2017-18 using the sledge-borne DEep LOoking Radio Echo Sounder (DELORES) from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The surveys covered two areas around Dome C which were identified as potential drill sites for the Beyond EPICA Oldest Ice drilling project - Little Dome C (LDC) and North Patch (NP). The LDC area is covered by a dense network of 116 radar transects, mostly organised as a grid, with denser data acquisition in areas of particular interest. At NP a grid of 21 radar transects were collected, covering an area of approximately 5×5 km^2. In this radar dataset, 20 IRHs and the ice-bed interface were manually traced, using the Petrel E&P Software Platform by Schlumberger. A single file for each IRH is provided in a .txt file, tab separated format with both two-way travel time and depth. The conversion done using c = 0.1685 m/us and firn correction of 10 m. The 20 IRHs are provided at 5 m along-track resolution. IRHs were linked from LDC to the EDC ice core site using the 3 radar transects (DC-LDCRAID2, DC_LDCRAID, DC_LDC_DIVIDE) and from NP to EDC using 1 radar transect link (DC_PNV09B). Ages for IRHs were then calculated by linearly interpolating the EDC age-depth timescale from AICC2012 (Bazin et al., 2013) where the IRHs are closest to the ice core site. The age of each IRH is obtained by first calculating the average of the ages obtained from the three EDC–LDC radar intersections, and then averaging with the EDC–NP intersection. IRH ages and uncertainties (in ka BP - before 1950) are provided in the ages text file.

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Mulvaney, Robert, Frezzotti, Massimo, Ritz, Catherine, Martín, Carlos, Rix, Julius, Chung, Ailsa (2023). Dataset: Internal reflecting horizons in the Dome C region of Antarctica. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.963470

DOI retrieved: 2023

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Imported on November 30, 2024
Last update November 30, 2024
License CC-BY-4.0
Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.963470
Author Mulvaney, Robert
Given Name Robert
Family Name Mulvaney
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Frezzotti, Massimo
Ritz, Catherine
Martín, Carlos
Rix, Julius
Chung, Ailsa
Source Creation 2023
Publication Year 2023
Resource Type application/zip - filename: DELORES
Subject Areas
Name: Ecology

Related Identifiers
Title: Stagnant ice and age modelling in the Dome C region, Antarctica
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3461-2023
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2023
Source: The Cryosphere
Authors: Chung Ailsa , Parrenin Frédéric , Steinhage Daniel , Mulvaney Robert , Martín Carlos , Cavitte Marie G P , Lilien David A , Helm Veit , Taylor Drew , Gogineni Prasad , Ritz Catherine , Frezzotti Massimo , O'Neill Charles , Miller Heinrich , Dahl-Jensen Dorthe , Eisen Olaf , Bazin Lucie , Landais Amaëlle , Lemieux-Dudon Bénédicte , Toyé Mahamadou Kele H , Veres Daniel , Parrenin Frédéric , Martinerie Patricia , Ritz Catherine , Capron Emilie , Lipenkov Vladimir Ya , Loutre Marie-France , Raynaud Dominique , Vinther Bo Møllesøe , Svensson Anders M , Rasmussen Sune Olander , Severi Mirko , Blunier Thomas , Leuenberger Markus Christian , Fischer Hubertus , Masson-Delmotte Valerie , Chappellaz Jérôme A , Wolff Eric William .

Title: An optimized multi-proxy, multi-site Antarctic ice and gas orbital chronology (AICC2012): 120-800 ka
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-1715-2013
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2013
Source: Climate of the Past
Authors: Chung Ailsa , Parrenin Frédéric , Steinhage Daniel , Mulvaney Robert , Martín Carlos , Cavitte Marie G P , Lilien David A , Helm Veit , Taylor Drew , Gogineni Prasad , Ritz Catherine , Frezzotti Massimo , O'Neill Charles , Miller Heinrich , Dahl-Jensen Dorthe , Eisen Olaf , Bazin Lucie , Landais Amaëlle , Lemieux-Dudon Bénédicte , Toyé Mahamadou Kele H , Veres Daniel , Parrenin Frédéric , Martinerie Patricia , Ritz Catherine , Capron Emilie , Lipenkov Vladimir Ya , Loutre Marie-France , Raynaud Dominique , Vinther Bo Møllesøe , Svensson Anders M , Rasmussen Sune Olander , Severi Mirko , Blunier Thomas , Leuenberger Markus Christian , Fischer Hubertus , Masson-Delmotte Valerie , Chappellaz Jérôme A , Wolff Eric William .