Anomalous accumulation rates in the Vostok ice-core resulting from ice flow over Lake Vostok

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Leonard, Katherine ^a   Bell, Robin E ^a   Studinger, Michael ^a   Tremblay, Bruno ^a  

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

Author keywords

1827 Hydrology: Glaciology (1863); 4540 Oceanography: Physical: Ice mechanics and air sea ice exchange processes; 9310 Information related to geographic region: Antarctica

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; GLACIOLOGY; ICE FLOW;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE VOSTOK; WORLD;

EID: 14544270503     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021102     Document Type: Article

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