Ice Drilling and Coring

Drilling in Extreme Environments: Penetration and Sampling on Earth and other Planets

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 221-308

  Bentley, Charles R ^a   Koci, Bruce R ^a   Augustin, Laurent J M ^a   Bolsey, Robin J ^a   Green, James A ^a   Kyne, Jay D ^a   Lebar, Donald A ^a   Mason, William P ^a   Shturmakov, Alexander J ^a   Engelhardt, Hermann F ^b   Harrison, William D ^c   Hecht, Michael H ^d   Zagorodnov, Victor ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coring; Drilling; Drilling fluid; Drills; Glacier; Ice

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053347063     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527626625.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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