Brief communication: RADIX (Rapid Access Drilling and Ice eXtraction) dust logger test in the EastGRIP hole

The RADIX (Rapid Access Drilling and Ice eXtraction) optical dust logger is part of the exploratory drilling system developed at the University of Bern. It was previously untested because no RADIX borehole reached to the depth of the required bubble-free ice. In June 2023, we tested the logger with...

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Main Authors: Schwander, Jakob, Stocker, Thomas Franziskus, Walther, Remo, Marending, Samuel, Erhardt, Tobias, Zeppenfeld, Chantal, Jost, Jürg
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2024
Subjects:
Greenland
East Greenland
East Greenland Ice-core Project
Greenland ice core
Greenland Ice core Project
ice core
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-372
https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2024-372/
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Summary:The RADIX (Rapid Access Drilling and Ice eXtraction) optical dust logger is part of the exploratory drilling system developed at the University of Bern. It was previously untested because no RADIX borehole reached to the depth of the required bubble-free ice. In June 2023, we tested the logger with an adapter for the large EastGRIP (East Greenland Ice-core Project) deep borehole. An excellent dust record was obtained for the Bølling-Allerød-Younger Dryas-Early Holocene period. The light scattered by the dust in the ice around the borehole was slightly higher than the detection range of the logger, requiring a reduction in the sensitivity for future deployments.

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