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Boreholes and temperature logs from the Tibetan Plateau and Northeast China, Version 1

Published by NSIDC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Metadata Last Checked: February 21, 2026 | Last Modified: 2026-02-17
Four groups of borehole data from the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau are presented. 1) Boreholes at three sites, with sand surface, natural surface, and near a sand dune, at 66 Road Station - 1994 and 1995 measurements to about 17 meters. 2) Borehole temperatures at Borehole CK123 - 1979, 1984, 1994 measurements to 60 meters.3) Borehole temperatures at five sites in Fenghuoshan Station area - 1962, 1967, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1995 measurements to 35 meters. 4) Boreholes at Xidatan-Kunlun Pass area - 1994 and 1995 measurements to 17.5 meters; 1994 and 1995 measurements to 25 meters; and 1975, 1976, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1994 and 1995 to 30 meters. Data provided by Wang Shaoling and Cheng Guodong, Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology. Some of these data are presented on the CAPS Version 1.0 CD-ROM, June 1998.

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