Evidence for elevated and spatially variable geothermal flux beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 9070-9072

  Schroeder, Dustin M ^a   Blankenship, Donald D ^a   Young, Duncan A ^a   Quartini, Enrica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice penetrating radar; Subglacial hydrology

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; GLACIER; ICE SHEET; MELTING POINT; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANO; WATER CYCLE;

EID: 84903441250     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1405184111     Document Type: Article

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