The Gamburtsev mountains and the origin and early evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet

Nature

Volumn 459, Issue 7247, 2009, Pages 690-693

  Bo, Sun ^a   Siegert, Martin J ^b   Mudd, Simon M ^b   Sugden, David ^b   Fujita, Shuji ^c   Xiangbin, Cui ^a   Yunyun, Jiang ^a   Xueyuan, Tang ^a   Yuansheng, Li ^a  

^a POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; DOME; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MOUNTAIN REGION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; VALLEY;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GLACIATION; GLACIER; ICE SHEET; LANDSCAPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; ALTITUDE; COLD CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; ICE COVER; SEASON;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GAMBURTSEV MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ALTITUDE; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; COLD CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; ICE COVER; RADAR; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 66649120289     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08024     Document Type: Article

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