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AAS_1236_MillIs_IceCore_TraceIon_Chem
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- Citation
- Inoue, M., Goodwin, I. and Curran, M. (2017) Chemical concentrations of trace ions at the Mill Island ice core site, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/590147625b975, Accessed: 2026-06-22
- Title
- Chemical concentrations of trace ions at the Mill Island ice core site
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/590147625b975
- Created Date
- 2017-04-15
- Revision Date
- 2025-04-10
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
This is a trace ion chemical record from Mill Island (65o33'10"S, 100o47'06"E) 120m ice core. The ice core was drilled in January 2010 using the intermediate-depth ice core drill (ECLIPSE ice coring drill, Icefield Instruments, Inc.). The ice core was then processed in a clean freezer laboratory to retrieve samples for trace ion chemistry measurements.
Trace ion chemical measurements were carried out using a suppressed ion chromatograph (IC). Samples were analysed using a Dionex (TM) AS18 ICS- 55 3000 (2 mm) microbore ion chromatograph. The major ion species measured in this data were methanesulfonic acid (CH3SO-3 [MSA]), chloride (Cl-), nitrate (NO-3 ), sulphate (SO2-4 ), sodium (Na+), magnesium (Mg2+), and calcium (Ca2+). Anions (i.e. MSA, Cl-, SO2-4 , and NO-3 ) were analysed using an IonPac (R) AS18 separation column and AG18 guard column. Cation (i.e. Na+, Mg2+, and Ca2+) analysis was performed using CS12A separation columns. The system performed anion and cation analysis simultaneously using dual isocratic pumps.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2012-01-01 - Stop date: 2012-04-30
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > ICE CORE RECORDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > PALEOCLIMATE INDICATORS > ICE CORE RECORDS > IONS
- EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > ICE CORE RECORDS > IONS
- EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > PALEOCLIMATE INDICATORS > ICE CORE RECORDS
Additional Keywords
- TRACE ION CHEMISTRY
Locations
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > MILL ISLAND
Platforms
- LABORATORY
Instruments
- ION CHROMATOGRAPHS
Researchers
- inoue, mana (TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
- goodwin, ian (INVESTIGATOR)
- curran, mark (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_1236_MillIs_IceCore_TraceIon_Chem when using these data.
