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Characterization of subglacial Lake Vostok as seen from physical and isotope properties of accreted ice. / Lipenkov, Vladimir Ya.; Ekaykin, Alexey A.; Polyakova, Ekaterina V.; Raynaud, Dominique.
In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 374, No. 2059, 28.01.2016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Characterization of subglacial Lake Vostok as seen from physical and isotope properties of accreted ice
AU - Lipenkov, Vladimir Ya.
AU - Ekaykin, Alexey A.
AU - Polyakova, Ekaterina V.
AU - Raynaud, Dominique
PY - 2016/1/28
Y1 - 2016/1/28
N2 - Deep drilling at the Vostok Station has reached the surface of subglacial Lake Vostok (LV) twice-in February 2012 and January 2015. As a result, three replicate cores from boreholes 5G-1, 5G-2 and 5G-3 became available for detailed and revalidation analyses of the 230 m thickness of the accreted ice, down to its contact with water at 3769 m below the surface. The study reveals that the concentration of gases in the lake water beneath Vostok is unexpectedly low. A clear signature of the melt water in the surface layer of the lake, which is subject to refreezing on the icy ceiling of LV, has been discerned in the three different properties of the accreted ice: the ice texture, the isotopic and the gas content of the ice. These sets of data indicate in concert that poor mixing of the melt (and hydrothermal) water with the resident lake water and pronounced spatial and/or temporal variability of local hydrological conditions are likely to be the characteristics of the southern end of the lake. The latter implies
AB - Deep drilling at the Vostok Station has reached the surface of subglacial Lake Vostok (LV) twice-in February 2012 and January 2015. As a result, three replicate cores from boreholes 5G-1, 5G-2 and 5G-3 became available for detailed and revalidation analyses of the 230 m thickness of the accreted ice, down to its contact with water at 3769 m below the surface. The study reveals that the concentration of gases in the lake water beneath Vostok is unexpectedly low. A clear signature of the melt water in the surface layer of the lake, which is subject to refreezing on the icy ceiling of LV, has been discerned in the three different properties of the accreted ice: the ice texture, the isotopic and the gas content of the ice. These sets of data indicate in concert that poor mixing of the melt (and hydrothermal) water with the resident lake water and pronounced spatial and/or temporal variability of local hydrological conditions are likely to be the characteristics of the southern end of the lake. The latter implies
U2 - 10.1098/rsta.2014.0303
DO - 10.1098/rsta.2014.0303
M3 - Article
VL - 374
JO - Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
JF - Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
SN - 0962-8428
IS - 2059
ER -
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