Title | Using Earth's field NMR to study brine content in antarctic sea ice: Comparison with salinity and temperature estimates |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2009 |
Authors | Hunter, M.W., Dykstra R., Lim M.H., Haskell T.G., and Callaghan P.T. |
Journal | Applied Magnetic Resonance |
Volume | 36 |
Issue | 1 |
Pagination | 1 - 8 |
Date Published | 2009 |
ISSN | 09379347 (ISSN) |
Keywords | Antarctic sea ice, Antarctica, Earth's field, Earth's magnetic field, Extraction, Magnetic fields, Magnetic resonance spectrometers, nuclear magnetic resonance, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Oceanography, Phase diagrams, Salinity measurement, Sea ice |
Abstract | We report on the use in Antarctica of a portable nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer which utilizes the Earth's magnetic field. We obtain estimates of brine content, in samples of sea ice extracted at different depths from the annual ice of McMurdo Sound, in the vicinity of Cape Evans, Ross Island. These measurements are correlated with estimates of brine content obtained from temperature and salinity measurements at each depth, using a knowledge of the phase diagram. © Springer 2009. |
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DOI | 10.1007/s00723-009-0003-9 |