Heat flow and hydrologic characteristics at the AND-1B borehole, ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf project, Antarctica

Geosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 370-378

  Morin, Roger H ^a   Williams, Trevor ^b   Henrys, Stuart A ^c   Magens, Diana ^d   Niessen, Frank ^d   Hansaraj, Dhiresh ^e  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; DRILLING; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HEAT FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAVA FLOW; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PERMEABILITY; SEAFLOOR; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO ICE SHELF;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 78049455964     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00512.1     Document Type: Article

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