International studies of ice sheet and bedrock
The main Antarctic ice sheet is so vast that large-scale international programmes are necessary for an adequate study of its dynamics, thermodynamics and past history. Radio echo sounding methods are providing reconnaissance mapping of the ice sheet on a continental scale. The soundings also yield s...
Published in: | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
1977
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1977.0081 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1977.0081 |