Equilibrium oxygen- and hydrogen-isotope fractionation between ice and water

Lehmann, M.; Siegenthaler, U. (1991). Equilibrium oxygen- and hydrogen-isotope fractionation between ice and water. Journal of glaciology, 37(125), pp. 23-26. International Glaciological Society 10.3189/S0022143000042751

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We have performed high-precision measurements of the isotope-fractionation factors between ice and water. Ice was grown from a stirred water mass on a cooling plate. The freezing velocity was varied, keeping the stirring rate of the water constant, so that the equilibrium fractionation factors could be determined by extrapolating to zero freezing velocity. The resulting values are

∝ (18O/16O) = 1.00291 ± 0.00003 and

∝ (D/H) = 1.0212 ± 0.0004.

Non-equilibrium freezing of lake and sea ice is briefly discussed as well as the significance of our results for the deuterium excess in polar precipitation.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Climate and Environmental Physics

Subjects:

500 Science > 530 Physics

ISSN:

0022-1430

Publisher:

International Glaciological Society

Language:

English

Submitter:

BORIS Import 2

Date Deposited:

07 Oct 2021 09:15

Last Modified:

07 Oct 2021 09:21

Publisher DOI:

10.3189/S0022143000042751

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/158678

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/158678

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