Glaciological characteristics in the Dome Fuji region and new assessment for “Oldest Ice”

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Karlsson, Nanna B., Binder, Tobias, Eagles, Graeme, Helm, Veit, Pattyn, Frank, Van Liefferinge, Brice, Eisen, Olaf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; East Antarctica; ice core; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/47676/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/47676/1/Karlsson_etal_2018_TC_OldestIce.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2413-2018; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.c347a7b3-cc66-431d-a41a-4494e50a0baf

A key objective in palaeo-climatology is the retrieval of a continuous Antarctic ice-core record dating back 1.5 Ma. The identification of a suitable Antarctic site requires sufficient knowledge of the subglacial landscape beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Here, we present new ice thickness informati...