Subglacial Lake Ellsworth: A candidate for in situ exploration in West Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Siegert, Martin J ^a   Hindmarsh, Richard ^b   Corr, Hugh ^b   Smith, Andy ^b   Woodward, John ^c   King, Edward C ^b   Payne, Antony J ^a   Joughin, Ian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

1827 Hydrology: Glaciology (1863); 6207 Planetology: Solar System Objects: Comparative planetology; 9310 Information Related to Geographic Region: Antarctica; 9604 Information Related to Geologic Time: Cenozoic

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; ICE; OCEANOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE;

BASAL TEMPERATURES; RADIO-ECHO SOUNDING; SUBGLACIAL LAKES; TOPOGRAPHIC HOLLOW;

LAKES;

ECHO SOUNDING; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GLACIER; LAKE; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 16644372585     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021477     Document Type: Article

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