On the use of stable isotopes to trace the origins of ice in a floating ice tongue
Stable isotope analysis has been used successfully to distinguish between several different ice types in an ice tongue floating on sea water in Antarctica. At one critical location this technique has provided the only means of discriminating unambiguously between glacial ice and fresh-water ice form...
Published in: | Journal of Geophysical Research |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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American Geophysical Union
1972
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Online Access: | https://authors.library.caltech.edu/51341/ https://authors.library.caltech.edu/51341/1/jgr14619.pdf https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141105-154820525 |
Summary: | Stable isotope analysis has been used successfully to distinguish between several different ice types in an ice tongue floating on sea water in Antarctica. At one critical location this technique has provided the only means of discriminating unambiguously between glacial ice and fresh-water ice formed from desalinated sea water. This part of the ice tongue is now underlain by a layer of desalted sea water thick enough to prevent any further accretion of sea ice at this location. |
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