Ice core
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ice-core-169-16123233
title:
Ice core
text:
An ice core is a core sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet or a high mountain glacier. Since the ice forms from the incremental buildup of annual layers of snow, lower layers are older than upper ones, and an ice core contains ice formed over a range of years. Cores are drilled with hand augers or powered drills; they can reach depths of over two miles (3.2 km), and contain ice up to 800,000 years old. The physical properties of the ice and of material trapped in it can be used to
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Cylindrical sample drilled from an ice sheet
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_core
date created:
2004-01-10T16:27:45Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T15:00:57Z
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