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标题：Long-wavelength optical logging for high-resolution detection of ash layers in glacier ice
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作者：WING S. CHAN ; MERLIN L. MAH ; RYAN C. BAY 等
期刊名称：Journal of Glaciology
印刷版ISSN：0022-1430
电子版ISSN：1727-5652
出版年度：2017
卷号：63
期号：237
页码：17-21
DOI：10.1017/jog.2016.105
出版社：Cambridge University Press
摘要：ABSTRACT A new instrument for high-resolution optical logging has been built and tested in Antarctica. Its purpose is to obtain records of volcanic products and other scattering features, such as bubbles and impurities, preserved in polar ice sheets, and it achieves this by using long wavelength near-infrared light that is absorbed by the ice before many scattering events occur. Longer wavelengths ensure that the return signal is composed primarily of a single or few backscattering event(s) that limit its spatial spread. The compact optical logger features no components on its body that draw power, which minimizes its size and weight. A prototype of the logger was built and tested at Siple Dome A borehole, and the results were correlated with prior optical logging profiles and records of volcanic products from collected ice core samples.
关键词：Antarctica; ash; borehole logging; instrumentation; optics