Grain Size Full Population Dataset from WDC06A Core, Version 1

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
This data set contains the complete grain-size data for all analyses conducted on the vertical thin sections of the WAIS Divide Ice Core WDC06A. Complete grain-size distributions are provided here in order to address the shortcomings inherent in using only the mean values.
Citation
Title Grain Size Full Population Dataset from WDC06A Core, Version 1
publication  Date   2016-02-25
Edition 1
edition Date 2016-02-25
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Joan Fitzpatrick
organisation Name  United States Geological Survey
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 202 4828
Address
MS-980 Box 25046Denver Federal CenterUnited States Geological Survey, Denver, CO, 80225 Country USA
electronic Mail Address jfitz@usgs.gov
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Eric D. Cravens
organisation Name  ADC Management Services, Denver, CO, USA
Contact information
Address
, , ,  Country 
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Address
, Boulder, Colorado,  Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Topic Category:  climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Keywords:
Location keywords:
Continent > Antarctica
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
Theme keywords (theme):
EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Ice Core Records > Grain Size
EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Ice Core Records
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Science Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
platform Keywords
In Situ Land-based Platforms > Laboratory
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Platform Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-10
instrument Keywords
DSLR > Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Instrument Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-01
project Keywords
NSF/OPP > Division of Polar Programs, Antarctic Research, Glaciology
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Project Keywords
revision  Date   2008-01-24
Theme keywords (theme):
Glaciology
thesaurus name >
Title Process > Geologic Processes
publication  Date   2018-11-21
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Theme keywords (theme):
Glaciology
thesaurus name >
Title Science Domain > Earth Science
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:53:22 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
In Situ Land-based Platform
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Platform
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:53:22 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Continent
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Geosphere
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:53:22 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Ice Core
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > glacial feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:53:22 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Analysis
thesaurus name >
Title Method > information processing
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:53:22 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Distribution
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:53:22 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Dataset
thesaurus name >
Title Resource Type > Dataset
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:53:22 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
National Snow and Ice Data Center
United States Geological Survey
thesaurus name >
Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:53:22 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Core
Thin Section
thesaurus name >
Title Activity > Observation
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:53:22 UTC 2018
purpose:
Scientific Research
Resource language:  eng; usa
Character set encoding of resource:  UTF8
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  asNeeded
update scope:  dataset
update scope:  series
update scope:  attribute
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints : none
Other constraints
Use Constraints : none
Resource extent
Extent description
SpatialCoverageType=HORIZONTAL, SpatialGranuleSpatialRepresentation=GEODETIC, TemporalRangeType=Continuous Range, TimeType=UTC
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -112.085
eastBoundLongitude  -112.085
northBoundLatitude  -79.467
southBoundLatitude  -79.467
Temporal Extent
2008-01-01T00:00:00.000Z 2013-08-30T23:59:59.999Z
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Joan Fitzpatrick
organisation Name  United States Geological Survey
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 202 4828
Address
MS-980 Box 25046Denver Federal CenterUnited States Geological Survey, Denver, CO, 80225 Country USA
electronic Mail Address jfitz@usgs.gov
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Eric D. Cravens
organisation Name  ADC Management Services, Denver, CO, USA
Contact information
Address
, , ,  Country 
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
CIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - custodian
individual Name Suzanne Carbotte
organisation Name  U.S. Antarctic Program Data Center
Contact information
Address
, , ,  Country 
electronic Mail Address carbotte@ldeo.columbia.edu
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://www.usap-dc.org/index
Description 
point of contact - distributor
individual Name Suzanne Carbotte
organisation Name  U.S. Antarctic Program Data Center
Contact information
Address
, , ,  Country 
electronic Mail Address carbotte@ldeo.columbia.edu
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://www.usap-dc.org/index
Description 
point of contact - processor
organisation Name  AGDC
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org/agdc/
Description 
point of contact - originator
organisation Name  AGDC
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org/agdc/
Description 
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Reference system information

Reference System Identifier
Identifier string: CARTESIAN
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Scope of quality information
scope level  series
Resource lineage description

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
individual Name Suzanne Carbotte
organisation Name  U.S. Antarctic Program Data Center
Contact information
Address
, , ,  Country 
electronic Mail Address carbotte@ldeo.columbia.edu
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://www.usap-dc.org/index
Description 
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Get External Data
URL: http://www.usap-dc.org/view/dataset/609655
link function function
Description These data are not distributed by NSIDC.
Linkage for online resource
name Documentation
URL: https://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0655/versions/1/documentation
link function function
Description Documentation explaining the data and how it was processed.
Format
Format name Microsoft Excel
Format version 
specification > FTP 5 MB

Description of extensions to base metadata standard

ExtendedElementInformation
Elementname Metadata Create Date
definition Create Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2016-02-25
parentEntity 
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Description of extensions to base metadata standard

ExtendedElementInformation
Elementname Metadata Update Date
definition Update Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2017-12-22
parentEntity 
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Metadata data stamp:  2017-12-22
Metadata contact - custodian
individual Name Suzanne Carbotte
organisation Name  U.S. Antarctic Program Data Center
Contact information
Address
, , ,  Country 
electronic Mail Address carbotte@ldeo.columbia.edu
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://www.usap-dc.org/index
Description 
Metadata scope code  series
Metadata hierarchy level name:  Grain Size Full Population Dataset from WDC06A Core
Metadata language  eng; usa
Metadata character set encoding:   UTF8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information 2009 Metadata
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009
Metadata record identifier:  Grain Size Full Population Dataset from WDC06A Core, Version 1

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)