Single particle ICP-TOFMS on previously characterised EGRIP ice core samples: new approaches, limitations, and challenges

Stoll, Nicolas; Clases, David; Gonzalez de Vega, Raquel; Elinkmann, Matthias; Larkman, Piers; Bohleber, Pascal

doi:10.5194/tc-20-663-2026

Articles | Volume 20, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-663-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-663-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 1

Research article

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26 Jan 2026

Research article |

| 26 Jan 2026

Single particle ICP-TOFMS on previously characterised EGRIP ice core samples: new approaches, limitations, and challenges

Nicolas Stoll, David Clases, Raquel Gonzalez de Vega, Matthias Elinkmann, Piers Larkman, and Pascal Bohleber

Data sets

Supporting data for manuscript "Single particle ICP-TOFMS on previously characterised EGRIP ice core samples: new approaches, limitations, and challenges" N. Stoll et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18038801

Short summary

We analyse 8 samples from the East Greenland Ice-core Project (EGRIP) ice core, Greenland, using an underexplored method: single particle time of flight analysis. For the first time, we investigated thousands of particles from different climatic stages while applying a new approach to estimate particle sizes based on prior data. We characterise particles and clusters providing new insights on trace elements in ice sheets. This approach has enormous potential for analysing million-year-old ice.