An inventory of Antarctic sub-glacial lakes

Antarctic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-286

  Siegert, M J ^a   Dowdeswell, J A ^a   Gorman, M R ^a   Mcintyre, N F ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Earîh Observation Sciences Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic ice sheet; radio echo sounding; RES

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; SUBGLACIAL LAKE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0029660028     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102096000405     Document Type: Article

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