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Accession Number:
AD0648511
Title:
DEEP CORE DRILLING IN THE ROSS ICE SHELF, LITTLE AMERICA V, ANTARCTICA.
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Corporate Author:
SNOW ICE AND PERMAFROST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT WILMETTE ILL
Report Date:
1960-06-01
Pagination or Media Count:
19.0
Abstract:
Drilling operations and core and drill hole investigations at Little America V in Oct. - Dec. 1958, as well as measurements at Byrd Station in Dec. 1958 are discussed. The hole at Little America V reached 836 ft, and core recovery was 98 of the footage drilled. No saline ice was found in the bottom core, indicating that the bottom ice is melting. In detailed stratigraphic studies made to a depth of 53 m, summer snow deposits were coarse-grained and often associated with icy crusts, ice layers, and glands. Winter deposits were finer-grained, more homogeneous, and lacked the soaked appearance of summer snow. Periods of 2-3 consecutive years at more or less regular intervals of 10-20 yr showed intense ice formation. Layers of foreign material, tentatively identified as volcanic ash, were observed at 172.1 m, 219.4 m, and 222.8 m. The depth-density curve steepened between 20.7 and 36.5 m. If annual precipitation is estimated as 21 cm of water, Little America V rests on about 1225 yr of accumulated snow. Data some of a preliminary nature are tabulated and graphed the depth-density profile to a depth of 53 m, the nature of ice at various depths, spot densities below 53 m, and the annual increments at depth and corresponding water equivalents at Little America V ice temperature at various depths at both stations and depth-inclination measurements as well as the diam-vs-depth curve at Byrd Station. Author
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
