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Articles | Volume 15, issue 7
Articles | Volume 15, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3507-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3507-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 7
Research article
 | 
28 Jul 2021
Research article |  | 28 Jul 2021

Acoustic velocity measurements for detecting the crystal orientation fabrics of a temperate ice core

Sebastian Hellmann, Melchior Grab, Johanna Kerch, Henning Löwe, Andreas Bauder, Ilka Weikusat, and Hansruedi Maurer

Data sets

Crystal C-Axes Measurements (Fabric Analyser G50) of Ice Core Samples Collected from the Temperate Alpine Ice Core Rhone_2017 S. Hellmann, J. Kerch, J. Eichler, D. Jansen, I. Weikusat, M. Schwikowski, A. Bauder, and H. Maurer https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.888518

Large Area Scan Macroscope Images of Ice Core Samples Collected from the Temperate Alpine Ice Core Rhone_2017 S. Hellmann, J. Kerch, J. Eichler, D. Jansen, I. Weikusat, M. Schwikowski, A. Bauder, and H. Maurer https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.888517

Acoustic Ultrasound Measurements on Ice Core Samples from Rhonegletscher S. Hellmann, M. Grab, M. Jaggi, H. Löwe, and A. Bauder https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000453859

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Short summary
In this study, we analyse whether ultrasonic measurements on ice core samples could be employed to derive information about the particular ice crystal orientation in these samples. We discuss if such ultrasonic scans of ice core samples could provide similarly detailed results as the established methods, which usually destroy the ice samples. Our geophysical approach is minimally invasive and could support the existing methods with additional and (semi-)continuous data points along the ice core.
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