An analysis of the ice-sheet surface and subsurface topography above the Vostok Station subglacial lake, central East Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 10195-10207

  Siegert, Martin J ^a   Ridley, Jeffrey K ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET SURFACE; SUBGLACIAL LAKE; SUBSURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; LAKE VOSTOK; VOSTOK STATION;

EID: 0032503186     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00390     Document Type: Article

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