Antarctic subglacial lakes

Earth Science Reviews

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 29-50

  Siegert, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Glaciology; Ice sheet; Lakes; Subglacial

Indexed keywords

GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; LAKE; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0034192989     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(99)00068-9     Document Type: Article

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