Radio-Echo Sounding in the Allan Hills, Antarctica, in Support of the Meteorite Field Program.

Radio-echo sounding measurements made on Ross Island and in the Allan Hills Antarctica indicate that radio-echo sounding may offer the unique possibility of detecting a buried meteorite in glacial ice. The results also revealed internal layering within the snow on Ross Island and in the snow filling...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kovacs,Austin
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1980
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Active & Passive Radar Detection & Equipment
*RADAR REFLECTIONS
*LAND ICE
*SOUNDING
DETECTION
ROCK
PROFILES
ECHO RANGING
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
METEORITES
UNDERICE
Bedrock
Allan Hills
Antarctic
Ross Island
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA086858
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA086858
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Summary:Radio-echo sounding measurements made on Ross Island and in the Allan Hills Antarctica indicate that radio-echo sounding may offer the unique possibility of detecting a buried meteorite in glacial ice. The results also revealed internal layering within the snow on Ross Island and in the snow filling an ice depression west of Allan Nunatak. Radio-echo sounding also gave the depth to bedrock near the west side of Allan Nunatak. The greatest ice depth measured was 310 m. (Author)

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