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....
Published in: | Polar Research |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Norwegian Polar Institute
2006
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Online Access: | https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2039 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v25i1.6239 |
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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