Location of a new ice core site at Talos Dome (East Antarctica)

• Main Authors: Urbini S., Cafarella L., Zirizzotti A., Bianchi C., Tabacco I., Frezzotti M.
• Other Authors: Urbini, S., Cafarella, L., Zirizzotti, A., Bianchi, C., Tabacco, I., Frezzotti, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Ice thickness measurement; Internal layering; Radio echo sounding; Radio glaciology; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Talos Dome; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11590/353611

In the frame of glaciology and palaeoclimate research, Talos Dome (72°48′S; 159°06′E), an ice dome on the East Antarctic plateau, represents the new selected site for a new deep ice core drilling. The increasing interest in this region is due to the fact that the ice accumulation is higher here than...