High-resolution boundary conditions of an old ice target near Dome C, Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Young, DA, Roberts, JL, Ritz, C, Frezzotti, M, Quartini, E, Cavitte, MGP, Tozer, CR, Steinhage, D, Urbini, S, Corr, HFJ, van Ommen, TD, Blankenship, DD
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus GmbH 2017
• Subjects: glaciology; Antarctica; boundary conditions; Dome C; ice thickness; sub-glacial lake; Antarctic; Glacial Lake; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/27015/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/27015/1/122568%20final.pdf

A high-resolution (1 km line spacing) aerogeophysical survey was conducted over a region near the East Antarctic Ice Sheet's Dome C that may hold a 1.5 Myr climate record. We combined new ice thickness data derived from an airborne coherent radar sounder with unpublished data that was in part u...