Conductivity and oxygen isotope measured on ice core FRI09C90_13 (B13) from the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf, Antarctica
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| author | Oerter, Hans Kipfstuhl, Sepp Determann, Jürgen Miller, Heinrich Wagenbach, Dietmar Minikin, Andreas Graf, Wolfgang |
| author_facet | Oerter, Hans Kipfstuhl, Sepp Determann, Jürgen Miller, Heinrich Wagenbach, Dietmar Minikin, Andreas Graf, Wolfgang |
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| contents | The Filchner-Ronne ice shelf, which drains most of the marine-based portions of the West Antarctic ice sheet, is the largest ice shelf on Earth by volume. The origin and properties of the ice that constitutes this shelf are poorly understood, because a strong reflecting interface within the ice and the diffuse nature of the ice?ocean interface make seismic and radio echo sounding data difficult to interpret. Ice in the upper part of the shelf is of meteoric origin, but it has been proposed that a basal layer of saline ice accumulates from below. Here we present the results of an analysis of the physical and chemical characteristics of an ice core drilled almost to the bottom of the Ronne ice shelf. We observe a change in ice properties at about 150 m depth, which we ascribe to a change from meteoric ice to basal marine ice. The basal ice is very different from sea ice formed at the ocean surface and we propose a formation mechanism in which ice platelets in the water column accrete to the bottom of the ice shelf. |
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| spellingShingle | Conductivity and oxygen isotope measured on ice core FRI09C90_13 (B13) from the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf, Antarctica Oerter, Hans Kipfstuhl, Sepp Determann, Jürgen Miller, Heinrich Wagenbach, Dietmar Minikin, Andreas Graf, Wolfgang AWI_Glac; B13 BC90; Conductivity, electrolytic; Depth, bottom/max; DEPTH, ice/snow; Depth, top/min; Electrical conductivity method, ECM (Hammer, 1980); Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne-Ice-Shelf-Project; FRI09C90_13; FRISP_1992; Glaciology @ AWI; ICEDRILL; Ice drill; Mass spectrometer Finnigan Delta-S; Sampling/drilling ice; δ18O, water The Filchner-Ronne ice shelf, which drains most of the marine-based portions of the West Antarctic ice sheet, is the largest ice shelf on Earth by volume. The origin and properties of the ice that constitutes this shelf are poorly understood, because a strong reflecting interface within the ice and the diffuse nature of the ice?ocean interface make seismic and radio echo sounding data difficult to interpret. Ice in the upper part of the shelf is of meteoric origin, but it has been proposed that a basal layer of saline ice accumulates from below. Here we present the results of an analysis of the physical and chemical characteristics of an ice core drilled almost to the bottom of the Ronne ice shelf. We observe a change in ice properties at about 150 m depth, which we ascribe to a change from meteoric ice to basal marine ice. The basal ice is very different from sea ice formed at the ocean surface and we propose a formation mechanism in which ice platelets in the water column accrete to the bottom of the ice shelf. |
| title | Conductivity and oxygen isotope measured on ice core FRI09C90_13 (B13) from the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf, Antarctica |
| topic | AWI_Glac; B13 BC90; Conductivity, electrolytic; Depth, bottom/max; DEPTH, ice/snow; Depth, top/min; Electrical conductivity method, ECM (Hammer, 1980); Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne-Ice-Shelf-Project; FRI09C90_13; FRISP_1992; Glaciology @ AWI; ICEDRILL; Ice drill; Mass spectrometer Finnigan Delta-S; Sampling/drilling ice; δ18O, water |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.548746 |