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Title: | Antifreeze-thermodrilling for core through the central part of the Ross Ice Shelf (J-9 Camp), Antarctica |
Authors: | USSR Academy of Science National Science Foundation (U.S.) Zotikov, I. A. (Igorʹ Alekseevich) |
Keywords: | Antarctic regions Drilling Ice coring Ice cores Ice Ross Ice Shelf Thermal drilling Antarctica Glacier ice Thermocoring Thermodrilling Glaciology EPOLAR |
Publisher: | Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
Series/Report no.: | CRREL report ; 79-24. |
Description: | CRREL Report Abstract: By using a new thermocoring technique, a hole was successfully drilled through the 416-m thickness of the Ross Ice Shelf at J-9 Camp. This report provides a description of the drill and an account of this drilling project. A provisional examination of the core shows the ice shelf to consist of 410 m of snow and glacial ice underlain by 6 m of sea ice formed by direct freezing of sea water to the bottom of the Ross Ice Shelf. |
Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/9267 |
Appears in Collections: | CRREL Report |
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