Contribution to the Knowledge of the Antarctic Ice Sheet: A Synthesis of Glaciological Measurements in Terre Adélie

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Author: Lorius, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1962
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Terre Adélie; Terre-Adélie; Charcot; Station Charcot; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000018220; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000018220

Abstract This paper is a synthesis of glaciological investigations conducted in Terre Adélie, mainly during the LG.Y. The surface and bedrock profiles have been obtained along a 500 km. line roughly perpendicular to the coast; the mean annual temperature has been studied as a finnction of altitude,...