Articles | Volume 13, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3383-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3383-2019
Research article
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17 Dec 2019
Research article |  | 17 Dec 2019

Multi-tracer study of gas trapping in an East Antarctic ice core

Kévin Fourteau, Patricia Martinerie, Xavier Faïn, Christoph F. Schaller, Rebecca J. Tuckwell, Henning Löwe, Laurent Arnaud, Olivier Magand, Elizabeth R. Thomas, Johannes Freitag, Robert Mulvaney, Martin Schneebeli, and Vladimir Ya. Lipenkov

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Multi-tracer data of the gas trapping zone of the Lock-In firn and ice core (East Antarctica) K. Fourteau, P. Martinerie, X. Faïn, C. F. Schaller, R. Tuckwell, H. Löwe, L. Arnaud, O. Magand, E. R. Thomas, J. Freitag, R. Mulvaney, M. Schneebeli, and V. Y. Lipenkov https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.909689

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Understanding gas trapping in polar ice is essential to study the relationship between greenhouse gases and past climates. New data of bubble closure, used in a simple gas-trapping model, show inconsistency with the final air content in ice. This suggests gas trapping is not fully understood. We also use a combination of high-resolution measurements to investigate the effect of polar snow stratification on gas trapping and find that all strata have similar pores, but that some close in advance.