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Pore morphology of polar firn around closure revealed by X-ray tomography
Alexis Burr
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP, CNRS, IRD, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, SIMaP, 38000 Grenoble, France
Clément Ballot
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP, CNRS, IRD, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, SIMaP, 38000 Grenoble, France
Pierre Lhuissier
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, SIMaP, 38000 Grenoble, France
Patricia Martinerie
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP, CNRS, IRD, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Christophe L. Martin
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, SIMaP, 38000 Grenoble, France
Armelle Philip
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Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP, CNRS, IRD, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Short summary
Three-dimensional imaging of the pore network of polar firn from Antarctica was realized in order to relate the morphological evolution of pores with their progressive closure with depth. Evaluating the closed porosity was found to be very dependent on the size of samples and image reconstructions. A connectivity index, which is a parameter less dependent on such issues, was proposed and proved to accurately predict the close-off depths and densities of two polar sites.
Three-dimensional imaging of the pore network of polar firn from Antarctica was realized in...
