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South Cascade

General Information

South Cascade Glacier is a small valley glacier in the North Cascades Range, Washington. The 7.6 cm diameter, 158 m long core (SOCAS2) was collected in 1994 by USGS scientists. The period of record in the core is ~1840-1991.

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
South Cascade Glacier 2 SOCAS2 1994 48.3666667, -121.0833333 0.00 158.34 7.60 2060 Thermal USGS Dry Joan Fitzpatrick USGS, National Ice Core Laboratory No
Publications
  • Kaspari SD, Pittenger D, Jenk TM, Morgenstern U, Schwikowski M, Buenning N, Stott L (2020) Twentieth Century Black Carbon and Dust Deposition on South Cascade Glacier, Washington State, USA as Reconstructed from a 158 m Long Ice Core. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, e2019JD031126. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031126