Location of a new ice core site at Talos Dome (East Antarctica)

• Published in: Annals of Geophysics
• Main Authors: Urbini, S., Cafarella, L., Zirizzotti, A., Bianchi, C., Tabacco, I., Frezzotti, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, INGV 2006
• Subjects: radio echo sounding; radio glaciology; ice thickness measurements; internal layering; 02.03.99. General or miscellaneous; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; East Antarctica; ice core
• Online Access: https://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/3104; https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-3104

In the frame of glaciology and palaeoclimate research, Talos Dome (72°48lS; 159°06lE), an ice dome on the East Antarctic plateau, represents the new selected site for a new deep ice core drilling. The increasing interest in this region is due to the fact that the ice accumulation is higher here than...