Glaciological and climatic significance of Hercules Dome, Antarctica: An optimal site for deep ice core drilling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Jacobel, Robert W ^a   Welch, Brian C ^a   Steig, Eric J ^b   Schneider, David P ^b  

^a ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRILLING; GLACIOLOGY; ICE CORE; SATELLITE DATA;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; HERCULES DOME;

EID: 33646377339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JF000188     Document Type: Article

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