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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Main Authors: O. Passalacqua, M. Cavitte, O. Gagliardini, F. Gillet-Chaulet, F. Parrenin, C. Ritz, D. Young
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-06-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://www.the-cryosphere.net/12/2167/2018/tc-12-2167-2018.pdf