Record drilling depth struck in Greenland

P. A. Mayewski; M. S. Twickler; J. E. Dibb; M. Wumkes; J. Klinck; J. S. Putscher; K. C. Taylor; A. J. Gow; D. A. Meese; E. D. Waddington; R. B. Alley; P. M. Grootes; M. Ram; M. Wahlen; A. T. Wilson

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Record drilling depth struck in Greenland

P. A. Mayewski, M. S. Twickler, J. E. Dibb, M. Wumkes, J. Klinck, J. S. Putscher, K. C. Taylor, A. J. Gow, D. A. Meese, E. D. Waddington, R. B. Alley, P. M. Grootes, M. Ram, M. Wahlen, A. T. Wilson

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On July 1, 1993, after 5 years of drilling, the Greenland Ice Sheet Project (GISP2) penetrated several meters of silty ice and reached bedrock at a depth of 3053.4 m. It then penetrated 1.5 m into the bedrock, producing the deepest ice core ever recovered (Figure 1). In July 1992, a nearby European ice coring effort, the Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP), reached an ice depth of 3028.8 m, providing more than 250,000 years of record. Comparisons between these ice core records have already demonstrated the remarkable reproducibility of the upper ∼90% of the records unparalleled view of climatic and environmental change.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	113-124
Number of pages	12
Journal	Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
Volume	75
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/94EO00814
State	Published - Mar 8 1994

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