Articles | Volume 13, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-171-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-171-2017
Research article
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27 Feb 2017
Research article |  | 27 Feb 2017

Sea-ice-related halogen enrichment at Law Dome, coastal East Antarctica

Paul Vallelonga, Niccolo Maffezzoli, Andrew D. Moy, Mark A. J. Curran, Tessa R. Vance, Ross Edwards, Gwyn Hughes, Emily Barker, Gunnar Spreen, Alfonso Saiz-Lopez, J. Pablo Corella, Carlos A. Cuevas, and Andrea Spolaor

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Law Dome Br, Na, I (1927-2016) and sea ice (1973-2015) P. Vallelonga, N. Maffezzoli, A. D. Moy, M. A. J. Curran, T. R. Vance, R. L. Edwards, G. Hughes, E. Barker, G. Spreen, A. Saiz-Lopez, J. P. Corella, C. A. Cuevas, and A. Spolaor https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.868431

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We present a study of bromine, iodine and sodium in an ice core from Law Dome, in coastal East Antarctica. We find that bromine and iodine variability at Law Dome is correlated to changes in the area of sea ice along the Law Dome coast as observed by satellite since the early 1970s. These findings are in agreement with a previous study based on MSA and confirm a long-term trend of sea ice decrease for this sector of Antarctica over the 20th century.