Grain growth of natural and synthetic ice at 0 ºC

• Main Authors: Fan, Sheng, Prior, David J., Pooley, Brent, Bowman, Hamish, Davidson, Lucy, Piazolo, Sandra, Qi, Chao, Goldsby, David L., Hager, Travis F.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Priestley; Priestley Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2022-228; https://tc.copernicus.org/preprints/tc-2022-228/

Grain growth can modify the microstructure of natural ice, including the grain size and crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO). To understand better grain-growth processes and kinetics, we compared microstructural data from synthetic and natural ice samples that were annealed at ice-solidus te...