Dust flux, Vostok ice core

Dust flux, Vostok ice core
Two dimensional phase space reconstruction of dust flux from the Vostok core over the period 186-4 ka using the time derivative method. Dust flux on the x-axis, rate of change is on the y-axis. From Gipp (2001).

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Selecting areas to stake

The British Antarctic Survey unveiled new imagery last month depicting the Antarctic bedrock surface in greater detail than previously.

Via (image may be quite large when clicked).

Love the subglacial tunnel valleys.



The World Complex helped the Brazilians map some potential oil-bearing rocks at the extreme left of the above image.

I'll be staking out the land just above the mountain ridge across the middle of the page. Cu-porphyry. Just in case the ice melts.

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