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Glaciochemical Studies And Estimated Net Mass Balances For Rennick Glacier Area, Antarctica, Boyd Allen Iii, Paul Andrew Mayewski, W. Berry Lyons, Mary Jo Spencer

Earth Science Faculty Scholarship

Two snow and ice cores from the Rennick Glacier area, Antarctica (study area center point lat 71° 15' S, long 162° 30' E) were analyzed for the chemical species: chloride, sodium, reactive silicate, sulfate and nitrate. Core E1O (6.35 m) was taken from Evans Névé, a large accumulation basin at the head of Rennick Glacier. Core M1 (4.35 m) was extracted from the accumulation zone on the central plateau of the Morozumi Range, a small mountain massif bordering Rennick Glacier. Cores E1O and M1 span the time periods from 1929 to 1981 and from 1971 to 1981, respectively, as dated …