Elemental and Mineralogical Characterization of Light Absorbing Particles in Seasonal Snow and Glacial Ice using Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy on a Scanning Electron Microscope


Riley Blanchard1, Susan Kaspari2, Angela Halfpenny1, Celia LaPorta3 and Melanie Swick4, (1)Central Washington University, Department of Geological Sciences, Ellensburg, WA, United States, (2)Central Washington University, Ellensburg, United States, (3)Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment, Slippery Rock, PA, United States, (4)Central Washington University, Geological Sciences, Ellensburg, WA, United States