Textural characteristics and impurity content of meteoric and marine ice in the Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Abstract The texture and physical properties of an ice core, recovered to 215 m depth from the Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica, have been studied with regard to formation and transformation of the ice. At a depth of 152.8 m, a sharp discontinuity marks the transition between meteoric ice accumulated fro...

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Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Authors: Eicken, Hajo, Oerter, Hans, Miller, Heinz, Graf, Wolfgang, Kipfstuhl, Josef
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1994
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000007474
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000007474