The Lake Beneath The Station

Author : Igor A. Zotikov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540377239
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Antarctic Subglacial Lake Vostok written by Igor A. Zotikov and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-08-31 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book on the subject, this monograph examines the phenomenon of a huge sealed, freshwater lake, isolated from the rest of the world by kilometers' thick ice. The existence of melting ice at the bottom of the huge Vostok Lake has served as a model and inspired the team planning the Galileo space craft to gather data on the ice sheet of the Jupiterian moon Europa. The book provides interpretation of, and calculations for, stimulating factors for possible melting and a huge lake's existence at the bottom of the Martian ice sheets.

Author : David J. Drewry
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691237913
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Land Beneath the Ice written by David J. Drewry and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As soon as humans spied and later set foot on the remote Antarctic continent in the early nineteenth century, they became aware of its ice cover, and desired to learn about its extent, shape, thickness, and behavior. In this book, David Drewry-glaciologist and former Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute-recounts the science and history of a ground-breaking time in recent Antarctic geophysical exploration, in which scientists were finally able to "see" through the Antarctic ice sheet and take its measure. From the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s, scientists' ability to peer beneath the Antarctic ice sheet and map its thickness was revolutionized by the technology, techniques, and exploratory campaigns of the Radio Echo Sounding Programme, conducted by the Scott Polar Research Institute at Cambridge in the UK. The exploratory radar mapping campaigns of this ambitious research program were largely accomplished during the Cold War, as interest and concern in global climate change were just emerging. To those involved in this research and fieldwork, it was evident that the environment of the planet was indeed changing, and that the great ice masses of Antarctica and Greenland, and their evolving stability and behavior, would feature significantly in understanding the future of our world. This book gives an account of the Radio Echo Sounding Programme, describing the scientific background, goals, various scientific, human, political, and natural challenges, and discoveries of the research program. It follows the twists and turns of operating in a remote and hostile region, where detailed and exact planning and preparations were constantly at risk of disruption by bad weather, mechanical and electronic breakdowns, aircraft crashes, and human frailty. It also highlights the strong international cooperation that occurred in Antarctica, during this contentious time in history, speaking to the importance of the 1961 Antarctic Treaty as well as the necessity of working together to tackle problems of global significance"--

Author : Dieter K. Fütterer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 354032934X
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antarctica written by Dieter K. Fütterer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-05-11 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixty articles arranged in eight thematic sections refer to most recent geological and geophysical results of Antarctic research. The Precambrian of the East Antarctic shield and its geological history is considered as well as sub-ice topography, geophysics and stratigraphy, sedimentology and geophysics of the surrounding Southern Ocean. Particular emphasis is given to the connection of the Antarctic and the surrounding continents when forming part of Gondwana.

Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geological Survey Professional Paper written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.3G/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Professional Paper written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geological Survey Professional Papers written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Methods, Instrumentation, and Preliminary Evaluation of Data for the Hydrologic Budget Assessment of Lake Lucerne, Polk County, Florida written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
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Download or read book Water-resources Investigations Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alan C. Sedam
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
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Download or read book Geologic Setting and Water Quality of Selected Basins in the Active Coal-mining Areas of Ohio, 1987-88 written by Alan C. Sedam and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : M.J. Siegert
Publisher : Geological Society of London
ISBN 13 : 1786203227
Total Pages : 252 pages
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Download or read book Exploration of Subsurface Antarctica written by M.J. Siegert and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our appreciation of glaciological processes in Antarctica suffers from a lack of observations in regions where numerical models indicate the ice sheet to be susceptible to ocean and/or atmospheric warming. The solution lies in the use and development of glacier geophysics. In this volume we present a series of papers that demonstrate how geophysics can be deployed in Antarctica to comprehend: (1) boundary conditions that influence ice flow such as subglacial topography, the distribution of basal water and ice-sheet rheology; (2) phenomena that might affect ice-flow processes, such as complex internal ice-sheet structures and the proposition of large stores of hitherto unappreciated groundwater; and (3) how glacigenic sediments and formerly glaciated terrain on, and surrounding, the continent can inform us about past ice-sheet dynamics. The volume also takes a historical view on developments leading to current knowledge, examines active ice-sheet processes, and points the way forward on how geophysics can advance quantitative understanding of Antarctic ice-sheet behaviour.