Five subglacial lakes and one of Antarctica’s thickest ice covers newly determined by radio echo sounding over the Vostok–Dome C region

Radio echo sounding (RES) measurements were collected from 1995 to 2003 during Italian Antarctic expeditions over the Vostok–Dome C region. The data collected allow for the reconstruction of a bedrock elevation map between the Belgica Highlands and the Aurora Subglacial Basin (112.0° - 124.0° E; 74....

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Cafarella, Lili, Urbini, Stefano, Bianchi, Cesidio, Zirizzotti, Achille, Tabacco, Ignazio E., Forieri, Alessandro
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2006
Subjects:
Antarc*
Antarctic
Antarctica
Polar Research
Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2039
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v25i1.6239
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Summary:Radio echo sounding (RES) measurements were collected from 1995 to 2003 during Italian Antarctic expeditions over the Vostok–Dome C region. The data collected allow for the reconstruction of a bedrock elevation map between the Belgica Highlands and the Aurora Subglacial Basin (112.0° - 124.0° E; 74.0° - 78.0° S). Moreover, analysis of the RES data has revealed one of the thickest ice covers in Antarctica (4755 ± 16 m; 118.321° E, 76.059° S) as well as fi ve new subglacial lakes.

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