Nonequilibrium air clathrate hydrates in Antarctic ice: a paleopiezomdter for polar ice caps.

• Main Authors: Craig, H, Shoji, H, Langway, C C
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: Research Article; Antarctic; Byrd; Byrd Station; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC47993; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11607442

"Craigite," the mixed-air clathrate hydrate found in polar ice caps below the depth of air-bubble stability, is a clathrate mixed crystal of approximate composition (N2O2).6H2O. Recent observations on the Byrd Station Antarctic core show that the air hydrate is present at a depth of 727 m,...