Ice formation in subglacial Lake Vostok, Central Antarctica

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 529-538

  Souchez, R ^a   Petit, J R ^b   Tison, J L ^a   Jouzel, J ^c   Verbeke, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Glacial geology; Ice; Stable isotopes; Vostok Station

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LAKE; ICE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033788090     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00228-4     Document Type: Article

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