Permeability of winter and spring first-year ice in the Antarctic marginal ice zone

dc.contributor.advisorSkatulla, Sebastian
dc.contributor.authorLin, Xuefeng
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-16T12:31:16Z
dc.date.available2023-03-16T12:31:16Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.updated2023-03-16T09:50:52Z
dc.description.abstractThis study was part of the 2019 Southern oCean seAsonal Experiment (SCALE) Winter and Spring Cruise of the South African icebreaker SA Agulhas II. First-year spring and winter sea ice were sampled from the Antarctic marginal ice zone. Consolidated pack ice was collected during both cruises, while pancake ice floes and brash ice floes were collected during Winter and Spring Cruise, respectively. The ice cores analyses of temperature, salinity, and texture were subsequently performed during the Spring and Winter Cruise, and an additional falling head permeability test was conducted during the Spring Cruise. The brine volume is determined empirically from sea ice temperature and bulk salinity. The ice permeability is then calculated from the porosity-permeability relation. The mean permeability of spring pack ice is 2.6 × 10−11 ± 3.67 × 10−11 m2 , marginally higher than the winter pack ice with a mean permeability of 1.1×10−11±2.3×10−11 m2 . Comparing the permeability values of spring and winter consolidated pack ice shows a continuous increase in permeability with seasonal progressions and a rise in ice temperature. The falling head permeability test using kerosene has been made in-house by Hasham Taujoo to determine the in situ sea ice permeability during the Spring Cruise. The experimentally determined permeability values of spring consolidated pack ice were consistent with the above-stated permeability data. However, the permeability values of spring brash ice floes (1.4 × 10−11 ± 2.12 × 10−11 m2 ) determined from porositypermeability relation deviate from field observations due to the presence of large holes and cracks on the ice samples.
dc.identifier.apacitationLin, X. (2022). <i>Permeability of winter and spring first-year ice in the Antarctic marginal ice zone</i>. (). ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,Department of Civil Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37472en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationLin, Xuefeng. <i>"Permeability of winter and spring first-year ice in the Antarctic marginal ice zone."</i> ., ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,Department of Civil Engineering, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37472en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLin, X. 2022. Permeability of winter and spring first-year ice in the Antarctic marginal ice zone. . ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,Department of Civil Engineering. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37472en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Master Thesis AU - Lin, Xuefeng AB - This study was part of the 2019 Southern oCean seAsonal Experiment (SCALE) Winter and Spring Cruise of the South African icebreaker SA Agulhas II. First-year spring and winter sea ice were sampled from the Antarctic marginal ice zone. Consolidated pack ice was collected during both cruises, while pancake ice floes and brash ice floes were collected during Winter and Spring Cruise, respectively. The ice cores analyses of temperature, salinity, and texture were subsequently performed during the Spring and Winter Cruise, and an additional falling head permeability test was conducted during the Spring Cruise. The brine volume is determined empirically from sea ice temperature and bulk salinity. The ice permeability is then calculated from the porosity-permeability relation. The mean permeability of spring pack ice is 2.6 × 10−11 ± 3.67 × 10−11 m2 , marginally higher than the winter pack ice with a mean permeability of 1.1×10−11±2.3×10−11 m2 . Comparing the permeability values of spring and winter consolidated pack ice shows a continuous increase in permeability with seasonal progressions and a rise in ice temperature. The falling head permeability test using kerosene has been made in-house by Hasham Taujoo to determine the in situ sea ice permeability during the Spring Cruise. The experimentally determined permeability values of spring consolidated pack ice were consistent with the above-stated permeability data. However, the permeability values of spring brash ice floes (1.4 × 10−11 ± 2.12 × 10−11 m2 ) determined from porositypermeability relation deviate from field observations due to the presence of large holes and cracks on the ice samples. DA - 2022_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Engineering LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2022 T1 - Permeability of winter and spring first-year ice in the Antarctic marginal ice zone TI - Permeability of winter and spring first-year ice in the Antarctic marginal ice zone UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37472 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/37472
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationLin X. Permeability of winter and spring first-year ice in the Antarctic marginal ice zone. []. ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,Department of Civil Engineering, 2022 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37472en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Civil Engineering
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.subjectEngineering
dc.titlePermeability of winter and spring first-year ice in the Antarctic marginal ice zone
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMSc
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