Variability of the recent accumulation rate in coastal Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

• Main Author: Anschütz, Helgard
• Other Authors: Miller, Heinrich, Villinger, Heinrich
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Bremen 2007
• Subjects: Antarctica; accumulation rates; glaciology; small-scale variability; 550; 550 Earth sciences and geology; ddc:550; East Antarctica; Dronning Maud Land; Polar Plateau; Antarc*; Antarktis*
• Online Access: https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/2350; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-diss000106674

In light of possible future sea-level change, investigation of surface-mass balance of the polar ice sheets has become amajor concern of glaciological research. Yet Antarctica's total surface-mass balance is still not accurately determined, making up for the largest uncertainties of predictions...