Chemical Fractionation of Brine in the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Cragin, James H, Gow, Anthony J, Kovacs, Austin
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1983
• Subjects: Physical Chemistry; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ANTARCTIC REGIONS; *BRINES; *FRACTIONATION; *SEA ICE; CATIONS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; CORE SAMPLING; ICE PENETRATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SALINITY; SODIUM SULFATES; SULFATES; THERMAL PROPERTIES; *MCMUNOO ICE SHELF; ICE SHELF FIRM; AST24; PE61102A; Antarctic; Austral; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; Ice Shelf; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA127821; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA127821

During the austral summers of 1976-77 and 1978-79, several ice cores were taken from the McMurdo Ice Shelf brine zone to investigate its thermal, physical and chemical properties. This brine zone consists of a series of superimposed brine layers (waves) that originate at the seaward edge of the ice...