SZ-4 · DOME C
Glacier Dome core
Annual layers from clear firn through compressed blue ice, isotopes logged per metre.
120 mδ −34
640 mδ −41
1842 mcleave
Core samples · live shelf
Each core reads as etched strata, not a flat card.
Depth bands stack from young firn down to bedrock. The cleave marks the band where the climate record breaks.
SZ-7 · COL RIDGE
Ridge wind-pack core
Wind-loaded layers with thin melt lenses; density rises smoothly until the basal shear.
80 m0.41
520 m0.88
1190 m0.92
SZ-9 · LAKE FLOOR
Sub-glacial lake core
Lake-floor sediment under the ice sheet — the deepest record on the shelf, queued for the next run.
2110 msed
2240 msed
2310 mrock
Strata read
The cleave-line marks where the record changes.
One sharp diagonal crosses every reading. Above it, the ice is steady. Below, the chemistry breaks — and the warm spark flags the metre that needs a second hand.
- Depth strata etched in fine hairlines, calibrated per metre.
- One cleave-line per pane — never a forest of accent bars.
- A single warm spark marks the one metre that flags an anomaly.
SZ-4 · live face
register · 4 sites
Bright, not dim
Cold light, read in full daylight.
The lab works in a glass cabin at altitude. The console is high-key on purpose — frosted white panes under cold blue light, so a reading is just as legible at noon on the col as it is in the dark of the core room.
- Pure-white frosted surfaces, never a muddy grey wash.
- Two cold accents plus one warm spark — used like highlighters.
- Readouts in tracked mono, figures right-aligned to read fast.
Core register · shelf SZ
Every active core, one row, one live face.
| Depth | Site | Layer | δ¹⁸O | Face |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–420 m | Dome C | Holocene firn | −34.1 | logged |
| 420–980 m | Dome C | Glacial dust | −39.7 | logged |
| 980–1842 m | Dome C | Cleave band | −41.3 | live face |
| 0–1190 m | Col Ridge | Wind pack | −36.2 | logged |
| 2110–2310 m | Lake Floor | Sub-glacial sed | — | queued |
Open the core room.
Every metre of the record, etched on bright frost, with the one cleave-line that tells you where to look.
Enter the core room