Glacial boulders 'floating' on the ice cover of Lake Untersee, East Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 256-260

  Wand, Ulrich ^a   Perlt, James ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Glacial boulders; Glacial geomorphology; Lake ice

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICE RAFTING;

ANTARCTICA; LAKE UNTERSE;

EID: 0033150055     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102099000310     Document Type: Article

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