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Crete

General Information

In 1974, CRREL recovered a 12.7 cm diameter, 404 m long ice core at Crete as part of the international Greenland Ice Sheet Program (GISP). CRREL was the lead US laboratory (Hansen and Langway, co-PIs) for GISP. The Crete ice core was drilled by Lyle Hansen, John Rand, and Robert Bigl using CRREL’s thermal drill. The core is on the de-accession list.

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
CRETE CRETE74 1974 71.1166667, -37.3166667 0.32 404.64 12.70 3174 Thermal USA CRREL Dry Lyle Hansen, John Rand, Robert Bigl CRREL Yes
Data
Publications
  • Clausen HB, Gundestrup NS, Johnsen SJ, Bindschadler R, and Zwally J (1988) Glaciological Investigations in the Crete Area, Central Greenland: A Search for a new Deep-Drilling Site. Annals of Glaciology, 10, 10-15. https://doi.org/10.3189/S0260305500004080
  • Langway CC (2008) The history of early polar ice cores. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 52, 101-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2008.01.001
  • McConnell J, Arthern R, Mosley-Thompson E, Davis CH, Bales RC, Thomas R, Burkhart JF, Kyne JD (2000) Changes in Greenland ice sheet elevation attributed primarily to snow accumulation variability. Nature 406, 877-879. https://doi.org/10.1038/35022555