Validation of sampling antarctic subglacial hypersaline waters with an electrothermal ice melting probe (IceMole) for environmental analytical geochemistry

• Main Authors: German, Laura, Mikucki, Jill A., Welch, Susan A., Welch, Kathleen A., Lutton, Anthony, Dachwald, Bernd (Prof. Dr.-Ing.), Kowalski, Julia (Dr. sc.), Heinen, Dirk, Feldmann, Marco (M.Sc.), Francke, Gero (M.Sc.), Espe, Clemens (B.Eng.), Lyons, W. Berry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://opus.bibliothek.fh-aachen.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/9725

Geochemical characterisation of hypersaline waters is difficult as high concentrations of salts hinder the analysis of constituents at low concentrations, such as trace metals, and the collection of samples for trace metal analysis in natural waters can be easily contaminated. This is particularly t...