The Identification and Physiographical Setting of Antarctic Subglacial Lakes: An Update Based on Recent Discoveries

Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 9-26

  Wright, Andrew ^a   Siegert, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Aquatic ecology Antarctica; Hydrology; Lakes; Radioechosounding; Subglacial; Subglacial lakes Antarctica Discovery and exploration; Subglacial lakes Antarctica History; Subglacial lakes Polar regions Discovery and exploration; Subglacial lakes Polar regions History; Topography

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GLACIERS; HYDROLOGY; ICE; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; RADIO SYSTEMS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC; ANTARCTICA; POLAR REGIONS; RADIOECHOSOUNDING; SUBGLACIAL;

LAKES;

EID: 84951279034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118670354.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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