Subglacial L ake V ostok

• Main Authors: Christopher, Brent C., Priscu, John C.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2004
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Lake Vostok; Vostok Station; Vostok Subglacial Lake; Antarc*; ice core; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/047147844x.sw1845; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/047147844X.sw1845; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/047147844X.sw1845

Abstract Recent studies have revealed that several subglacial lakes exist beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. The largest of these lakes, Subglacial Lake Vostok, is ∼4 km beneath the ice surface, with a surface area near 14,000 km 2 and a depth exceeding 800 m. A permanent ice sheet covered the la...