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28 Jul 2021
Research article |
| 28 Jul 2021
| 28 Jul 2021
Acoustic velocity measurements for detecting the crystal orientation fabrics of a temperate ice core
Sebastian Hellmann
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Melchior Grab
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Johanna Kerch
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
GZG Computational Geoscience, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany
Henning Löwe
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
Andreas Bauder
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Ilka Weikusat
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany
Hansruedi Maurer
Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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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.
In this study, we analyse whether ultrasonic measurements on ice core samples could be employed...
