Brittle zone and air-hydrate formation in polar ice sheets
| Title | Brittle zone and air-hydrate formation in polar ice sheets |
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| Publication Type |
Journal Article
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| Year |
1994
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| Author(s) | Tsutomu Uchida , Paul Duval, Volodya Ya Lipenkov, Takeo Hondoh, Shinji Mae, Hitoshi Shoji |
| Journal/ Publication |
Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research. Special issue 49
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| Pagination |
298-305
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| ISSN |
03860744
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| Abstract |
Microscopic observations of air bubbles and air-hydrate crystals included in the Vostok ice cores, Antarctica, revealed that badly fractured ices were observed in the ice cores having high concentration of air bubbles. They also showed that the transformation of air bubbles to air-hydrate crystals reduced the chance of ice core fracture. In this paper, we suggest a fracture model of an ice core including air bubbles to discuss the depth dependence of ice core brittleness. |
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| Special Collections | International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology Series, 4th International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology |
| Categories | Brittle Ice |
| Citation | Tsutomu Uchida , Paul Duval, Volodya Ya Lipenkov, Takeo Hondoh, Shinji Mae, Hitoshi Shoji ( 1994 ) Brittle zone and air-hydrate formation in polar ice sheets. Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research. Special issue 49 , 298-305 . |
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