Direct chemical analysis of frozen ice cores by UV-laser ablation ICPMS

• Published in: Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
• Main Authors: Muller, Wolfgang, Shelley, J. M. G., Rasmussen, Sune Olander
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Faculty of Science\Earth Sciences; Research Groups and Centres\Earth Sciences\Ancient and Modern Earth Systems; Research Groups and Centres\Earth Sciences\Geochemistry; NGRIP; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://repository.royalholloway.ac.uk/items/e58eb26b-5337-fbd8-ab93-891a7538c159/2/; https://doi.org/10.1039/c1ja10242g

Cryo-cell UV-LA-ICPMS is a new technique for direct chemical analysis of frozen ice cores at high spatial resolution (<300 mm). It was tested in a pilot study on NGRIP ice and reveals sea ice/dust records and annual layer signatures at unprecedented spatial/time resolution. Uniquely, the location of cation impurities relative to grain boundaries in recrystallized ice can be assessed.