Subglacial volcanic features beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet interpreted from aeromagnetic and radar ice sounding

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 202, Issue , 2002, Pages 337-355

  Behrendt, John C ^a,c   Blankenship, D D ^b   Morse, D L ^b   Finn, C A ^c   Bell, R E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; CENOZOIC; ICE SHEET; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; RADAR; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANISM;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0037005131     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.202.01.17     Document Type: Article

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