Is Vostok lake in steady state?

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2004, Pages 490-494

  Royston Bishop, George ^a   Tranter, Martyn ^a   Siegert, Martin J ^a   Lee, Victoria ^a   Bates, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LAKE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

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

EID: 23844514370     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781813853     Document Type: Article

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