Ultra-low rare earth element content in accreted ice from sub-glacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica

• Published in: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
• Main Authors: Gabrielli, Paolo, Planchon, Frédéric, Barbante, Carlo, F. Boutron, Claude, Robert Petit, Jean, Bulat, Sergey, Hong, Sungmin, Cozzi, Giulio, Cescon, Paolo
• Other Authors: Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes-CNR, University of Ca’ Foscari Venice, Italy, School of Earth Sciences and Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University Columbus (OSU), Environmental Sciences Department, Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement (LGGE), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Division of Molecular and Radiation Biophysics, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), Marie Curie Fellowship of the European Community (contract HPMF-CT-2002-01772) , ENEA as part of the Antarctic National Research Program
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2009
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology; East Antarctica; Glacial Lake; Lake Vostok; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core
• Online Access: https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00420628; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2009.05.050

International audience This paper reports the first rare earth element (REE) concentrations in accreted ice refrozen from sub-glacial Lake Vostok (East Antarctica). REE were determined in various sections of the Vostok ice core in order to geochemically characterize its impurities. Samples were obta...