TEN YEARS OF SOVIET GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS IN ANTARCTICA

In Antarctica the Soviet geographers studied the relief (geomorphology) of its rocky and glacial surface, the snow-fern depth, climate, waters, wind-worn crust, animal life and vegetation. Soviet cartographic (geodetic) investigations were conducted in the coastal and interior areas of the continent...

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Main Author: Markov,K. K.
Other Authors: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON D C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1967
Subjects:
Geology
Geochemistry and Mineralogy
(*GEOGRAPHY
ANTARCTIC REGIONS)
(*STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
(*MAPPING
CLIMATE
SNOW
GLACIERS
PLANTS(BOTANY)
ANIMALS
USSR
Antarctic
Southern Ocean
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0661183
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0661183
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Summary:In Antarctica the Soviet geographers studied the relief (geomorphology) of its rocky and glacial surface, the snow-fern depth, climate, waters, wind-worn crust, animal life and vegetation. Soviet cartographic (geodetic) investigations were conducted in the coastal and interior areas of the continent, and also the bottom areas of the Southern Ocean, adjacent to Antarctica. Cartographic-geodetic investigations in the interior helped to determine the main outlines of the Eastern antarctic glacial shield. It was found that the continent extends below the surface of the ocean in the form of a coastal shoal or shelf, followed by a continental decline. Important features of the submerged portion of the continent were determined by sounding devices and recorded on a bathymetric chart. (Author) Trans. of Arkticheskii i Antarkticheskii Nauchno-Issledovatelskii Institut. Informatsii Byulleten (USSR) n57 p21-7 1966.

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