Dome Argus: Ideal site for deep ice drilling

• Main Authors: Xueyuan, Tang, Bo, Sun, Yuansheng, Li, Xiangbin, Cui
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2012
• Subjects: Cryosphere; Terrestrial; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Dome Argus; Argus Dome; Argus, Dome; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; ice core; Ice Sheet; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2448/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2448/1/A20120108.pdf

Located on the centre of ice drainage range, the highest Dome Argus (Dome A) of East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS), could be represented as an ideal site for deep ice cores drilling containing oldest paleo-climate records. To select a suitable drilling site for deep ice core, it needs gather all inform...