Air-hydrate crystals in deep ice-core samples from Vostok Station, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Uchida, T., Hondoh, T., Mae, S., Lipenkov, V. Ya., Duval, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society
• Subjects: 450; Greenland; Vostok Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dye 3; Dye-3; ice core; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/35167

Microscopic observation of air-hydrate crystals was carried out using 34 deep ice-core samples retrieved at Vostok Station, Antarctica. Samples were obtained from depths between 1050 and 2542m, which correspond to Wisconsin/Sangamon/Illinoian ice. It was found that the volume and number of air-hydra...