A novel approach to process brittle ice for continuous flow analysis of stable water isotopes

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: REBECCA L. PYNE, ELIZABETH D. KELLER, SILVIA CANESSA, NANCY A. N. BERTLER, ALEX R. PYNE, DARCY MANDENO, PAUL VALLELONGA, STEFANIE SEMPER, HELLE A. KJÆR, ED HUTCHINSON, W. TROY BAISDEN
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2018
• Subjects: glaciological instruments and methods; ice core; paleoclimate; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Roosevelt Island; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2018.19; https://doaj.org/article/e6b3a24a889148e68c44943f629fb138

Brittle ice, which occurs in all intermediate-depth and deep ice cores retrieved from high-latitude regions, presents a challenge for high-resolution measurements of water isotopes, gases, ions and other quantities conducted with continuous flow analysis (CFA). We present a novel method of preservin...