Soil temperatures and stability of ice-cemented ground in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Year-round temperature measurements at 1600 m elevation during 1994 in the Asgard Range Antarctica, indicate that the mean annual frost point of the ice-cemented ground, 25 cm below the surface, is −21.7 ± 0.2°C and the mean annual frost point of the atmosphere is −27.5 ± 1.0°C. The corresponding me...

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Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Authors: McKay, Christopher P., Mellon, Michael T., Friedmann, E. Imre
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1998
Subjects:
Ice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102098000054
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102098000054