Quantification of ikaite in first and multi year sea ice

• Main Author: Kyle, Heather Marie
• Other Authors: Rysgaard, Søren (Geological Sciences), Fayek, Mostafa (Geological Sciences) Wang, Feiyue (Environment & Geography)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Ikaite; Sea ice; Arctic; Carbon fluxes; Carbonate system; Climate change; Cambridge Bay; Greenland; Nunavut; Station Nord
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32387

Ikaite (CaCO₃•6H₂O) is a metastable calcium carbonate mineral that forms in all types of sea ice that may play a significant role in the sea ice driven carbon pump, particularly with the increasing abundance of seasonal sea ice in the Arctic. Due to difficulties in determining its concentration and...