Location and distribution of micro-inclusions in the EDML and NEEM ice cores using optical microscopy and in situ Raman spectroscopy

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Eichler, Jan, Kleitz, Ina, Bayer-Giraldi, Maddalena, Jansen, Daniela, Kipfstuhl, Sepp, Shigeyama, Wataru, Weikusat, Christian, Weikusat, Ilka
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Greenland; Tilting; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1075-2017; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/11/1075/2017/

Impurities control a variety of physical properties of polar ice. Their impact can be observed at all scales – from the microstructure (e.g., grain size and orientation) to the ice sheet flow behavior (e.g., borehole tilting and closure). Most impurities in ice form micrometer-sized inclusions. It h...