North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) ice core
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The North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) ice core is a deep ice core drilled in northern Greenland that provides a high-resolution record of past climate and atmospheric conditions over more than 100,000 years.
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Target entity: North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) ice core Context triple: [Greenlandian, GSSPLocation, North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) ice core]
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Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector)
The Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) is the vast portion of Greenland’s continental ice mass that extends toward and influences the climate, sea level, and glacial history of the North American region.
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Centre for Ice and Climate
The Centre for Ice and Climate is a research center specializing in ice core studies and past climate reconstruction, contributing to our understanding of Earth's climate system and its changes over time.
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Younger Dryas cold event
The Younger Dryas cold event was a brief, abrupt return to near-glacial conditions about 12,900–11,700 years ago that interrupted the general warming trend at the end of the last Ice Age.
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Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
The Fennoscandian Ice Sheet was a massive Pleistocene ice sheet that repeatedly covered much of northern Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and parts of northern Germany and western Russia.
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The Coast of Northeast Greenland
"The Coast of Northeast Greenland" is an illustrated scientific account by American explorer Louise Arner Boyd documenting the geography, glaciology, and coastal features of Northeast Greenland based on her Arctic expeditions.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) ice core Target entity description: The North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) ice core is a deep ice core drilled in northern Greenland that provides a high-resolution record of past climate and atmospheric conditions over more than 100,000 years.
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A.
Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector)
The Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) is the vast portion of Greenland’s continental ice mass that extends toward and influences the climate, sea level, and glacial history of the North American region.
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B.
Centre for Ice and Climate
The Centre for Ice and Climate is a research center specializing in ice core studies and past climate reconstruction, contributing to our understanding of Earth's climate system and its changes over time.
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C.
Younger Dryas cold event
The Younger Dryas cold event was a brief, abrupt return to near-glacial conditions about 12,900–11,700 years ago that interrupted the general warming trend at the end of the last Ice Age.
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D.
Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
The Fennoscandian Ice Sheet was a massive Pleistocene ice sheet that repeatedly covered much of northern Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and parts of northern Germany and western Russia.
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E.
The Coast of Northeast Greenland
"The Coast of Northeast Greenland" is an illustrated scientific account by American explorer Louise Arner Boyd documenting the geography, glaciology, and coastal features of Northeast Greenland based on her Arctic expeditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
climate proxy record
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ice core ⓘ paleoclimate archive ⓘ |
| analyzedBy |
ice core scientists
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paleoclimatologists ⓘ |
| climateProxy |
hydrogen isotope ratio
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oxygen isotope ratio ⓘ |
| contains |
aerosols
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air bubbles ⓘ dust particles ⓘ stable water isotopes ⓘ trapped greenhouse gases ⓘ volcanic sulfate layers ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Greenland ⓘ |
| dataType |
chemical impurity profiles
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dust concentration profiles ⓘ gas concentration measurements ⓘ isotopic measurements ⓘ |
| drillingSite | NGRIP camp ⓘ |
| location |
Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector)
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surface form:
Greenland ice sheet
Greenland ⓘ
surface form:
North Greenland
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| maximumAge | > 100,000 years ⓘ |
| partOf |
North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) ice core
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
North Greenland Ice Core Project
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| providesRecordOf |
abrupt climate changes
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atmospheric composition ⓘ dust deposition ⓘ greenhouse gas concentrations ⓘ past climate ⓘ temperature variations ⓘ volcanic eruptions ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Dome C
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surface form:
European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA)
Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP) ⓘ North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling (NEEM) ⓘ |
| researchField |
climate science
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glaciology ⓘ paleoclimatology ⓘ |
| significance |
benchmark for abrupt climate change studies
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key record for Northern Hemisphere climate history ⓘ |
| temporalResolution | high-resolution ⓘ |
| timeSpan |
Holocene
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Last Glacial Period ⓘ
surface form:
Late Pleistocene
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| usedFor |
calibrating climate models
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reconstructing past temperatures ⓘ studying Dansgaard–Oeschger events ⓘ studying glacial–interglacial cycles ⓘ studying ice sheet dynamics ⓘ |
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Subject: North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) ice core Description of subject: The North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) ice core is a deep ice core drilled in northern Greenland that provides a high-resolution record of past climate and atmospheric conditions over more than 100,000 years.
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