Trace and Ultra-trace Elements in the Deepest Part of the Vostok Ice Core, Antarctica: Geochemical Characterization of the Sub-glacial Lake Environment

Clara Turetta1, Frédéric Planchon2, Paolo Gabrielli3, Giulio Cozzi4, Warren Cairns1, Elena Barbaro5, Jean-Robert Petit6,7, Sergey Bulat8, Claude Boutron7,9 and Carlo Barbante10,11, (1)CNR-IDPA Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes, Venice, Italy, (2)Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Brest, France, (3)The Ohio State University, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Columbus, OH, United States, (4)CNR Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes, Venice, Italy, (5)Ca' Foscari University, DAIS, Venice, Italy, (6)LGGE Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, Grenoble, France, (7)University Joseph Fourier Grenoble, Grenboble, France, (8)NRC KI - Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Leningrad region, Gatchina, Russia, (9)LGGE Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, Saint Martin d'Hères, France, (10)IDPA CNR, Venice, Italy, (11)Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Venice, Italy