Location and distribution of micro-inclusions in the EDML and NEEM ice cores using optical microscopy and in situ Raman spectroscopy

Eichler, Jan; Kleitz, Ina; Bayer-Giraldi, Maddalena; Jansen, Daniela; Kipfstuhl, Sepp; Shigeyama, Wataru; Weikusat, Christian; Weikusat, Ilka

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1075-2017

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1075-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1075-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

Research article

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05 May 2017

Research article |

| 05 May 2017

Location and distribution of micro-inclusions in the EDML and NEEM ice cores using optical microscopy and in situ Raman spectroscopy

Jan Eichler, Ina Kleitz, Maddalena Bayer-Giraldi, Daniela Jansen, Sepp Kipfstuhl, Wataru Shigeyama, Christian Weikusat, and Ilka Weikusat

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Short summary

This study contributes to investigations of the effect of impurities on ice microstructure and flow properties. For the first time we mapped over 5000 micro-inclusions in four samples from the EDML and NEEM polar ice cores. The particle distributions show no correlation with grain boundaries and thus we conclude that particle pinning plays only a secondary role for the microstructure evolution. Alternative mechanisms are discussed.