Evidence of deep circulation in two perennially ice-covered Antarctic lakes

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 625-635

  Tyler, Scott W ^a   Cook, Peter G ^b   Butt, Anya Z ^c   Thomas, James M ^d   Doran, Peter T ^a   Lyons, W Berry ^e  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 0031826290     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.4.0625     Document Type: Article

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