Seismic detection of an active subglacial magmatic complex in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1031-1035

  Lough, Amanda C ^a   Wiens, Douglas A ^a   Grace Barcheck, C ^a,b   Anandakrishnan, Sridhar ^c   Aster, Richard C ^d,e   Blankenship, Donald D ^f   Huerta, Audrey D ^g   Nyblade, Andrew ^c   Young, Duncan A ^f   Wilson, Terry J ^h  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; HEAT FLOW; HOLOCENE; ICE STREAM; MAGMATISM; MELTWATER; MIOCENE; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

ANTARCTICA; MARIE BYRD LAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84889043379     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1992     Document Type: Article

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