Seismic Reconnaissance on an Ice-Covered Antarctic Sea

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Author: Cook, John C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1963
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Antarctic; McMurdo Sound; Koettlitz Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Journal of Glaciology; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000028094; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000028094

Abstract During the I.G.Y. seven geophysical stations were occupied on the semi-permanent sea ice of inner McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Three more were occupied on the floating tongue of the Koettlitz Glacier. Seismic refraction, reflection and S -wave propagation studies yielded preliminary data on t...