Concept information
Preferred term
ARCSS/GISP2
Definition
- The Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2), initiated in 1988, was the first project funded under the Arctic System Science (ARCSS) program. Studies of the GISP2 ice cores and companion European cores (the GReenland Ice core Project, or GRIP, cores) ushered in a new era of continuous, high-resolution, multi-parameter paleoenvironmental investigation. The GISP2 cores offered a high-resolution archive of more than 110,000 years of global change history, including at least the last interglacial-to-glacial cycle. They provide the longest such record available from the Northern Hemisphere. Scientists studying the GISP2 cores analyzed ice stratigraphy, trapped gases and their stable isotopes, stable isotopes in ice, particulates, major and trace element chemistry of ice, ice conductivity, and physical properties of the cores. The detailed paleoenvironmental history revealed by GISP2 research has greatly expanded our understanding of global change and earth system science. For more information, link to "http://gust.sr.unh.edu/GISP2/" (en)
Broader concept
- A - C (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/c3e4cc88-5f3e-418d-a49d-2c34c289c4a3
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