Tectonically controlled subglacial lakes on the flanks of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, East Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Bell, Robin E ^a   Studinger, Michael ^a   Fahnestock, Mark A ^b   Shuman, Christopher A ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ICE SHEET FLOW; ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHY; SUBGLACIAL LAKES; SURFACE LAKES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GLACIAL LAKE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TECTONIC SETTING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GAMBURTSEV MOUNTAINS;

EID: 33644745538     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025207     Document Type: Article

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