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...

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Published in:Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 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