Physical analysis of an Antarctic ice core—towards an integration of micro- and macrodynamics of polar ice*

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
• Main Authors: Weikusat, Ilka, Jansen, Daniela, Binder, Tobias, Eichler, Jan, Faria, Sérgio H., Wilhelms, Frank, Kipfstuhl, Sepp, Sheldon, Simon, Miller, Heinrich, Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe, Kleiner, Thomas
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society Publishing 2017
• Subjects: Articles; Antarctic; Dronning Maud Land; Kohnen; Kohnen Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; DML; ice core; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5179957/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28025296; https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2015.0347

Microstructures from deep ice cores reflect the dynamic conditions of the drill location as well as the thermodynamic history of the drill site and catchment area in great detail. Ice core parameters (crystal lattice-preferred orientation (LPO), grain size, grain shape), mesostructures (visual strat...