Collaborative aerogeophysical campaign targets the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, the Transantarctic Mountains and the Dome C region

Terra Antartica Reports

Volumn , Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1-36

  Ferraccioli, F ^a   Jordan, T ^a   Armadillo, E ^b   Bozzo, E ^b   Corr, H ^a   Caneva, G ^b   Robinson, C ^a   Frearson, N ^a   Tabacco, I ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA; DOME CONCORDIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

EID: 36949022234     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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