Critical investigation of calculation methods for the elastic velocities in anisotropic ice polycrystals

Maurel, Agnès; Mercier, Jean-François; Montagnat, Maurine

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3063-2016

Articles | Volume 10, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3063-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-3063-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 6

Research article

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16 Dec 2016

Research article |

| 16 Dec 2016

Critical investigation of calculation methods for the elastic velocities in anisotropic ice polycrystals

Agnès Maurel, Jean-François Mercier, and Maurine Montagnat

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RC1: 'Review of Maurel et al. 'Critical analysis of the relations between the velocities of elastic waves and effective anisotropy of ice polycrystals'', Anja Diez, 03 Mar 2016
- AC1: 'Response to referee 1', Agnes Maurel, 18 May 2016
- AC3: 'Revised version of the paper', Agnes Maurel, 18 May 2016
SC1: 'Suggestions for improving the comprehensibility of the manuscript', Johanna Kerch, 11 Mar 2016
RC2: 'Reviewer Comments: Critical analysis of the relations between the velocities of elastic waves and effective anisotropy of ice polycrystals Author(s): A. Maurel et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Mar 2016
- AC2: 'response to the referee 2', Agnes Maurel, 18 May 2016
- AC4: 'Revised version of the paper', Agnes Maurel, 18 May 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Agnes Maurel on behalf of the Authors (20 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (24 May 2016) by Olaf Eisen

RR by Anja Diez (06 Jun 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (09 Jun 2016)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (09 Jun 2016) by Olaf Eisen

AR by Agnes Maurel on behalf of the Authors (28 Jun 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

Crystallographic texture evolution with depth along ice cores can be evaluated using borehole sonic logging measurements. These measurements provide the velocities of elastic waves that depend on the ice polycrystal anisotropy and can further be related to the ice texture. To do so, elastic velocities need to be inverted from a modeling approach that relate elastic velocities to ice texture. The present paper presents a critical analysis of the different methods used for the inversion.