Forty-seven new subglacial lakes in the 0-110° E sector of East Antarctica

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Forty-seven new subglacial lakes in the 0-110° E sector of East Antarctica. / Popov, Sergey V.; Masolov, Valery N.

In: Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 53, No. 181, 01.12.2007, p. 289-297.

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Popov, Sergey V. ; Masolov, Valery N. / Forty-seven new subglacial lakes in the 0-110° E sector of East Antarctica. In: Journal of Glaciology. 2007 ; Vol. 53, No. 181. pp. 289-297.

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abstract = "During the summer field seasons of 1987-91, studies of central East Antarctica by airborne radio-echo sounding commenced. This scientific work continued in the 1990s in the Vostok Subglacial Lake area and along the traverse route from Mirny, and led to the discovery of 16 new subglacial water cavities in the areas of Domes Fuji and Argus and the Prince Charles Mountains. Twenty-nine subglacial water cavities were revealed in the area near Vostok, along with a feature we believe to be a subglacial river. Two subglacial lakes were discovered along the Mirny-Vostok traverse route. These are located 50 km north of Komsomolskaya station and under Pionerskaya station. We find high geothermal heat flux in the vicinity of the largest of the subglacial lakes, and suggest this may be due to their location over deep faults where additional mantle heat is available.",

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