Millennially averaged accumulation rates for the Vostok Subglacial Lake region inferred from deep internal layers

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 51, 2009, Pages 25-34

  MacGregor, Joseph A ^a,b   Matsuoka, Kenichi ^a   Koutnik, Michelle R ^a   Waddington, Edwin D ^a   Studinger, Michael ^b   Winebrenner, Dale P ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; FLOW MODELING; ICE FLOW; LAKE; RADAR; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE VOSTOK;

EID: 68949118258     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756409789097441     Document Type: Article

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