POLAR ICE STRATIGRAPHY FROM LASER-LIGHT SCATTERING - SCATTERING FROM ICE

Authors
RAM M ILLING M WEBER P KOENIG G KAPLAN M
Citation
M. Ram et al., POLAR ICE STRATIGRAPHY FROM LASER-LIGHT SCATTERING - SCATTERING FROM ICE, Geophysical research letters, 22(24), 1995, pp. 3525-3527
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Geophysical research letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
22
Issue
24
Year of publication
1995
Pages
3525 - 3527
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1995)22:24<3525:PISFLS>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
We demonstrate that laser-light scattering (LLS) off glacial (pre-Holo cene) polar ice can be used to measure variations in dust concentratio n along sections of bubble-free ice core. We have used this technique with considerable success on the GISP2 ice core that was retrieved fro m central Greenland down to bedrock. The technique is fast, non-destru ctive and has a very high resolution (1 mm or less).