Comments on Annual Rates of Accumulation in West Antarctica

• Main Authors: Sharp, Robert P., Epstein, Samuel
• Other Authors: Davies, William E., Krinsley, Daniel B.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Gentbrugge Assoc. Internat. d'Hydrologie Scientifique 1962
• Subjects: Antarctic; Byrd; Byrd Station; Greenland; Little America; Little America V; South Pole; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/98572/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/98572/1/05832.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190911-092204074

Several maps have recently been prepared showing annual accumulation over much or all of Antarctica. These maps, based on surface measurements and on interpretations of pit stratigraphy, differ in detail but are reasonably comparable in broad aspects. Data of this type provide the basis for various...