Two-dimensional impurity imaging in deep Antarctic ice cores: snapshots of three climatic periods and implications for high-resolution signal interpretation

Bohleber, Pascal; Roman, Marco; Šala, Martin; Delmonte, Barbara; Stenni, Barbara; Barbante, Carlo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3523-2021

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29 Jul 2021

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| 29 Jul 2021

Two-dimensional impurity imaging in deep Antarctic ice cores: snapshots of three climatic periods and implications for high-resolution signal interpretation

Pascal Bohleber, Marco Roman, Martin Šala, Barbara Delmonte, Barbara Stenni, and Carlo Barbante

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RC1: 'David Chew review', David M. Chew, 07 Feb 2021
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Pascal Bohleber, 02 Jun 2021
RC2: 'Great technical achievement', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 May 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Pascal Bohleber, 02 Jun 2021

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (10 Jun 2021) by Joel Savarino

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (28 Jun 2021) by Joel Savarino

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Short summary

Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) offers micro-destructive, micrometer-scale impurity analysis of ice cores. For improved understanding of the LA-ICP-MS signals, novel 2D impurity imaging is applied to selected glacial and interglacial samples of Antarctic deep ice cores. This allows evaluating the 2D impurity distribution in relation to ice crystal features and assessing implications for investigating highly thinned climate proxy signals in deep polar ice.