Brief communication: Candidate sites of 1.5 Myr old ice 37 km southwest of the Dome C summit, East Antarctica
The search for ice as old as 1.5 Myr requires the identification of places that maximize our chances to retrieve old, well-resolved, undisturbed and datable ice. One of these locations is very likely southwest of the Dome C summit, where elevated bedrock makes the ice thin enough to limit basal...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2018-06-01
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Series: | The Cryosphere |
Online Access: | https://www.the-cryosphere.net/12/2167/2018/tc-12-2167-2018.pdf |