Discovery of an ice cave in the Yatude Valley, Langhovde, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

Polar Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 287-294

  Sawagaki, Takanobu ^a   Miura, Hideki ^b   Iwasaki, Shogo ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctic ice sheet; Glacier dam; Spillway

Indexed keywords

DAM; GLACIER FLOW; ICE SHEET; LAKE WATER; MELTING; MELTWATER; SPILLWAY; VALLEY GLACIER;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; YATUDE VALLEY;

EID: 57849145113     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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