Grain growth of natural and synthetic ice at 0 °C

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: S. Fan, D. J. Prior, B. Pooley, H. Bowman, L. Davidson, D. Wallis, S. Piazolo, C. Qi, D. L. Goldsby, T. F. Hager
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Priestley; Priestley Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3443-2023; https://doaj.org/article/3199e4f28a454cb9bfa0f9d09ffd7c07

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