glcrchem_93_97 English utf8 dataset McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER http://mcmlter.org/ 2014-10-29 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - North American Profile Metadata - Data with Biological Extensions ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Major Ion Concentrations for Glacier Ice, Snow, and Melt Water Samples 1993-1997 2014-10-29 publication Andrew Fountain Portland State University http://www.pdx.edu (503) 725-3386 P.O. Box 751 Portland OR 97207 US andrew@pdx.edu http://glaciers.pdx.edu/fountain/ pointOfContact documentDigital The chemistry of various glaciers (Canada, Commonwealth, Howard, Suess, Taylor) in Taylor Valley was measured for the following analytes between 1993 and 1997: Alkalinity, Ca, Cl, F, K, Mg, Na, NO3, Si, and SO4. Name: Chris Gardner Role: data manager Name: Inigo San Gil Role: data manager completed McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER http://mcmlter.org/ inorganic nutrients theme LTER Core Areas English The Canada Glacier a small glacier flowing south-east into the northern side of Taylor Valley.  The glacier receives less than 10 cm of snowfall annually. Its seasonal melting feeds Lake Hoare to the west and Lake Fryxell to the east. 163.057708740234 162.894287109375 -77.632133483887 -77.598403930664 The Commonwealth glacier flows in a southeasterly direction and enters the northern side of Taylor Valley immediately west of Mount Coleman. Named by the British Antarctic Expedition for the Commonwealth of Australia in the early 1900s.   163.373565673828 163.197784423828 -77.589111328125 -77.545059204102 The Suess Glacier is between the Canada Glacier and Lacroix Glacier, flowing south into Taylor Valley. Scott named after the early nineties British Antarctic Expedition for Professor Eduard Suess. 162.744598388672 162.647781372070 -77.651824951172 -77.633750915527 The Taylor Glacier is an Antarctic glacier about 54 kilometres (34 mi) long, flowing from the plateau of Victoria Land into the western end of Taylor Valley, north of the Kukri Hills, south of the Asgard Range. The middle part of the glacier is bounded on the south by Beacon Valley.Scott (early nineties British Antarctic expedition) named the glacier for Griffith Taylor, geologist and leader of the Western Journey Party of the British Antarctic expedition.Like other glaciers in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Taylor Glacier is “cold-based,” meaning its bottom is frozen to the ground below.   162.280426025391 161.683044433594 -77.769035339355 -77.721229553223 Howard is a small alpine glacier just west of Crescent Glacier, flowing into Taylor Valley on the north from the Kukri Hills. Geologist T.L. Pewe studied and named it for Arthur D. Howard, 163.147994995117 163.036087036133 -77.687744140625 -77.662025451660 ground condition 1993-01-01 1997-12-31 Data contained in these files has been subjected to quality control standards imposed by the investigator. The user of this data should be aware that, while efforts have been taken to ensure that these data are of the highest quality, there is no guarantee of perfection for the data contained herein and the possibility of errors exists. If you encounter questionable data, please contact the MCM LTER data manager so that the data can be corrected or qualified. Thus, these data may be modified and future data will be appended. https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/glcrchem_93_97.csv glcrchem_93_97 eng; US McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER glcrchem_93_97 Record Delimiter : \n Number of Header Lines : 1 Number of Footer Lines : 0 Orientation : Column Quote Character : "Field Delimiter : , false GLACIER NAME OF GLACIER WHERE MEASUREMENT IS MADE LOCATION SPECIFIC DETAILS ON THE SAMPLE LOCATION LATITUDE LOCATION OF SAMPLE ON GLACIER LONGITUDE LOCATION OF SAMPLE ON GLACIER COMMENTS DETAILS ABOUT SAMPLE DATE_TIME DATE Date Time Format: MM/DD/YYYY SAMPLE NAME SAMPLE NAME Ca (mg/L) mass concentrations Ca (mM) millimolar concentration Carb (alk) alkalinity - milliequivalents per liter Cl (mg/L) mass concentrations Cl (mM) millimolar concentration F (mg/L) mass concentrations F (mM) millimolar concentration K (mg/L) mass concentrations K (mM) millimolar concentration Mg (mg/L) mass concentrations Mg (mM) millimolar concentration Na (mg/L) mass concentrations Na (mM) millimolar concentration NO3 (mg/L) mass concentrations NO3 (mM) millimolar concentration Si (mM) millimolar concentration SO4 (mg/L) mass concentrations SO4 (mM) millimolar concentration FILE NAME RAW DATA FILE CONTAINING INFORMATION DBF https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/glcrchem_93_97.csv dataset No documentation for the methods is available for this dataset Metadata Access Constraints: none Metadata Use Constraints: none annually McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER http://mcmlter.org/ pointOfContact