A model of crystal-size evolution in polar ice masses

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Ng, F, Jacka, TH
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Int Glaciol Soc 2014
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Palaeoclimatology; Byrd; Byrd Station; Greenland; Law Dome; Antarc*; Antarctica; GRIP; ice core; Journal of Glaciology; NGRIP
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3189/2014JoG13J173; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/94386

In the deep ice cores drilled at the GRIP, NGRIP and GISP2 sites in Greenland and at Byrd Station and the summit of Law Dome in Antarctica, the mean crystal size increases with depth in the shallow subsurface and reaches steady values at intermediate depth. This behaviour has been attributed to the...