NICL Science Management Office

Recommendations for a
U.S. Ice Coring Program

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS 
Washington, D.C.
November 1986

 

Table of Contents

ad hoc Panel on Polar Ice Coring 
Committee on Glaciology 
Polar Research Board 
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Resources 
Preface 

Contents
Executive Summary
· Scientific Program and Goals 
· Management Elements 
· Scientific Planning and Technical Elements
· Recommendations for Implementation
· Action Plan

Scientific Motivation for Ice Coring

State of Current Effort
· Organization
· Ice Core Drilling
· Ice Core Analysis Techniques
· Ice Core Storage
· Logistics

Elements of an Ice Coring Program in the United States
· Outline of Requirements
· Ice Coring Capabilities
· Ice Analysis Techniques
· Supporting Measurements and Modeling
· Ice Core Storage
· Scientific Interfaces and Planning
· Management Guidelines
· International Cooperation

Recommendations for an Ice Coring and Analysis Program (ICAP)
· Scope of the Scientific Program
· Recommendations for Implementation

Action Plan

References

 

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