Brine micro-droplets and solid inclusions in accreted ice from Lake Vostok (East Antarctica)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-4

  de Angelis, Martine ^a   Morel Fourcade, Marie Christine ^a   Barnola, Jean Marc ^a   Susini, Jean ^b   Duval, Paul ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINES; BUBBLE FORMATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; FLUORESCENCE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INCLUSIONS; LAKES; SEA ICE; SULFUR;

EUROPEAN SYNCHROTON RADIATION FACILITY (ESRF); LAKE VOSTOK; LOW-VACUUM SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (LVSEM); X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE (XANES); X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (XRF);

GEOPHYSICS;

BRINE; DROPLET; INCLUSION; LAKE; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE VOSTOK; WORLD;

EID: 25844474354     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022460     Document Type: Article

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