Geophysical Exploration in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Bentley,Charles R., Chang,Feng-Keng
• Other Authors: WISCONSIN UNIV MADISON GEOPHYSICAL AND POLAR RESEARCH CENTER
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1971
• Subjects: Geology; Geochemistry and Mineralogy; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *SNOW; ROCK; GRAVITY; ECHO RANGING; MAGNETIC ANOMALY DETECTION; TERRAIN; ANOMALIES; MOUNTAINS; ALTITUDE; ICE; SEISMIC REFLECTION METHOD; West Antarctica; Ross Ice Shelf; Byrd; Marie Byrd Land; Byrd Subglacial Basin; Executive Committee Range; Edward VII Peninsula; Crary Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0739311; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0739311

Seismic, gravimetric, altimetric, and magnetic observations made along oversnow traverses in Marie Byrd Land and vicinity in 1959 and 1960 have provided a reconnaissance picture of this part of West Antarctica. The ice sheet surface slopes gently from a high in the region of the Executive Committee...