ice core en · NOUN
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A core sample removed from an ice sheet, most commonly from the polar ice caps of Antarctica, Greenland or from high mountain glaciers elsewhere, the properties of which can be used to reconstruct a climatic record of a given area.
A team including climate scientists and microbiologists from Ohio State University took two ice cores from the summit of the Guliya ice cap, at 22,000 feet above sea level, in western China in 2015.
2021 July 23, Jack Guy, “Ancient viruses dating back 15,000 years found in Tibetan glacier”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2021:
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| ice cores | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
fr carotte de glace (core sample removed from an ice sheet) · is ískjarni (core sample removed from an ice sheet) · pl rdzeń lodowy (core sample removed from an ice sheet) · es testigo de hielo (core sample removed from an ice sheet) · ru ледяно́й керн (core sample removed from an ice sheet) · cmn 冰芯 (core sample removed from an ice sheet) · fi jääkairausnäyte (core sample removed from an ice sheet) · cmn 冰核 (core sample removed from an ice sheet)