Subsurface

Autor: Michael J, Malaska, Rohit, Bhartia, Kenneth S, Manatt, John C, Priscu, William J, Abbey, Boleslaw, Mellerowicz, Joseph, Palmowski, Gale L, Paulsen, Kris, Zacny, Evan J, Eshelman, Juliana, D'Andrilli
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Astrobiology
ISSN: 1557-8070
Popis: We used a deep-ultraviolet fluorescence mapping spectrometer, coupled to a drill system, to scan from the surface to 105 m depth into the Greenland ice sheet. The scan included firn and glacial ice and demonstrated that the instrument is able to determine small (mm) and large (cm) scale regions of organic matter concentration and discriminate spectral types of organic matter at high resolution. Both a linear point cloud scanning mode and a raster mapping mode were used to detect and localize microbial and organic matter “hotspots” embedded in the ice. Our instrument revealed diverse spectral signatures. Most hotspots were
Databáze: OpenAIRE