Geodetic observations of ice flow velocities over the southern part of subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica, and their glaciological implications

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 991-998

  Wendt, Jens ^a,b   Dietrich, Reinhard ^a   Fritsche, Mathias ^a   Wendt, Anja ^a,b   Yuskevich, Alexander ^c   Kokhanov, Andrey ^c   Senatorov, Anton ^c   Lukin, Valery ^d   Shibuya, Kazuo ^e   Doi, Koichiro ^e  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^c Aerogeodeziya   (Russian Federation)

^d ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Geodesy; Glaciology; GPS; Ice flow velocity; Lake Vostok

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; GEODESY; GLACIOLOGY; GPS; ICE FLOW; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE VOSTOK;

EID: 33747625880     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03061.x     Document Type: Article

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