Aeromagnetic reconnaissance over the Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf, east Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Kristoffersen, Yngve, Aalerud, Jan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1988
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Riiser-Larsen; Larsen Ice Shelf; Vestfjella; Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf; Plogen; Dagvola; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Polar Research; Riiser Larsen Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2424; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v6i1.6852

A single 160 km long aeromagnetic profile across the Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf from the coast to Vestfjella, indicates shallowing of the depth to the magnetic source from about 2 km below the sea floor at the ice front to a depth equivalent to ice thickness at the position of the grounding line about...