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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 163, 2020
IV Vinogradov Conference “Hydrology: from Learning to Worldview” in Memory of Outstanding Russian Hydrologist Yury Vinogradov
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| Article Number | 04002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Hydrological Studies of the Arctic, Antarctic and Mars: Exotic or Urgent Problems? (in Honor of the 200th Anniversary of Discovery of Antarctica) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202016304002 | |
| Published online | 17 April 2020 | |
Detecting and Searching for subglacial lakes through airborne radio-echo sounding in Princess Elizabeth Land (PEL), Antarctica
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Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai 200136, China
2
Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
* Corresponding author: cuixiangbin@pric.org.cn
Over 400 subglacial lakes were discovered in Antarctica through radio-echo sounding (RES) method and remote sensing. Subglacial lakes have significance in lubricating ice-bedrock interface and enhancing ice flow. Moreover, ancient lives may exist in the extreme environment. Since 2015, the “Snow Eagle 601” BT-67 airborne platform has been deployed and applied to map ice sheet and bedrock of Princess Elizabeth Land. One of great motivations of airborne surveys is to detect and search for subglacial lakes in the region. In this paper, we provided preliminary results of RES over both old and new discovered lakes, including Lake Vostok, a potential second large subglacial lake and other lakes beneath interior of the ice sheet in Antarctica.
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