A recent volcanic eruption beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-125

  Corr, Hugh F J ^a   Vaughan, David G ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 40349110893     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo106     Document Type: Article

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