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McCall Glacier

General Information

A 10.4 cm, 152-meter long core (McCallUC core) drilled in 2008 from the McCall Glacier, Alaska, for PI Matt Nolan. The core was drilled using an electromechanical drill until water was reached ~70 m below the surface, at which point a thermal drill was used. At 152 meters, drillers hit a rock at what the team believes was the bottom of the glacier, based on radar measurements of ice depth. The 152-meter long core was stored in Fairbanks for ~8 months and then transported to the NSF-ICF in February 2009, where it is currently archived. Portions of two shallow cores drilled elsewhere on McCall Glacier are also in inventory. McCall Glacier is located in northeastern Alaska in the Romanzof Mountains in the eastern Brooks Range and is ~230 km northeast of Toolik.

Core(s) Available

Core Name Core ID Years Drilled Lat/Long Core Top (m) Core Bottom (m) Core Diameter (cm) Site Elevation Drilling Method Drillers Drilling Fluid Original PI PI Affiliation De-accessed
McCall Glacier HUT McCallHUT 2008 69.295, -143.7899972 0.00 12.00 10.40 Dry Matt Nolan U. of Alaska, Fairbanks No
McCall Glacier Lower Cirque McCallLC 2008 69.295, -143.7899972 0.00 6.00 10.40 Dry Matt Nolan U. of Alaska, Fairbanks No
McCall Glacier Upper Cirque McCallUC 2008 69.295, -143.7899972 0.00 151.58 8.00 2310 Electromechanical / Thermal IDDO Dry Matt Nolan U. of Alaska, Fairbanks No
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