Lakes beneath the ice sheet: The occurrence, analysis, and future exploration of Lake Vostok and other Antarctic subglacial lakes

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue , 2005, Pages 215-245

  Siegert, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Exploration; Subglacial environments

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; GLACIERS; ICE; MELTING; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICS; CLIMATE RECORDS; LAKE FLOORS; MELTWATER;

LAKES;

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; LAKE; MELTWATER; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; PRIMORYE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VOSTOK BAY; WORLD;

EID: 20544444013     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.33.092203.122725     Document Type: Article

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