Experimental modelling of the growth of tubular ice brinicles from brine flows under sea ice
We present laboratory experiments on the growth of a tubular ice structure surrounding a plume of cold brine that descends under gravity into water with a higher freezing point. Brinicles are geological analogues of these structures found under sea ice in the polar regions on Earth. Brinicles are hy...
| Published in: | The Cryosphere |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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European Geosciences Union
2024
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10481/93454 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-2195-2024 |
| Summary: | We present laboratory experiments on the growth of a tubular ice structure surrounding a plume of cold brine that descends under gravity into water with a higher freezing point. Brinicles are geological analogues of these structures found under sea ice in the polar regions on Earth. Brinicles are hypothesized to exist in the oceans of other celestial bodies, and being environments rich in minerals, serve a potentially analogous role as an ecosystem on icy-ocean worlds to that of submarine hydrothermal vents on Earth. Consejería de Economía, Innovación, Ciencia, y Empleo, Junta de Andalucía (grant no. AND21_IACT_M2_058) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (grant no. 80NM0018D0004) European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action CA17120 supported by the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020 CSIC and Spanish Andalusian “Garantiìa Juvenil” project AND21_IACT_M2_ 058 |
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