Glaciological characteristics in the Dome Fuji region and new assessment for “Oldest Ice”

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Karlsson, Nanna B., Binder, Tobias, Eagles, Graeme, Helm, Veit, Pattyn, Frank, Van Liefferinge, Brice, Eisen, Olaf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Antarctic; Dome Fuji; Dome Fuji Station; East Antarctica; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2413-2018; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00005213; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00005170/tc-12-2413-2018.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/12/2413/2018/tc-12-2413-2018.pdf

A key objective in palaeo-climatology is the retrieval of a continuous Antarctic ice-core record dating back 1.5 Ma. The identification of a suitable Antarctic site requires sufficient knowledge of the subglacial landscape beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Here, we present new ice thickness informati...