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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
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