Capillary ion chromatography with on-column focusing for ultra-trace analysis of methanesulfonate and inorganic anions in limited volume Antarctic ice core samples

• Main Authors: Estrella Sanz Rodriguez, Sam Poynter, Mark Curran, Paul R Haddad, Robert Shellie, Pavel N Nesterenko, Brett Paull
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Uncategorized; Antarctic ice cores; Capillary ion chromatography; IC-MS; Inorganic anions; Methanesulfonic acid; On-column focussing; Anions; Antarctic Regions; Chlorides; Chromatography; Ion Exchange; Liquid; Fluorides; Ice; Mass Spectrometry; Mesylates; Nitrates; Sulfates; Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Physical Sciences; Biochemical Research Methods; Chemistry; Analytical; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; DRONNING MAUD LAND; SEA-ICE; EAST ANTARCTICA; DOME-C; MASS-SPECTROMETRY; WEST ANTARCTICA; ORGANIC-ACIDS; SNOW; VARIABILITY; AMUNDSENISEN; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Dronning Maud Land; West Antarctica; Amundsenisen; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30112161; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Capillary_ion_chromatography_with_on-column_focusing_for_ultra-trace_analysis_of_methanesulfonate_and_inorganic_anions_in_limited_volume_Antarctic_ice_core_samples/20796802

Preservation of ionic species within Antarctic ice yields a unique proxy record of the Earth's climate history. Studies have been focused until now on two proxies: the ionic components of sea salt aerosol and methanesulfonic acid. Measurement of the all of the major ionic species in ice core sa...