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Understanding the Boundary Conditions of the Lake Vostok Environment: A Site Survey for Future Work

Entry ID: LVS

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Summary

Abstract: Abstract

This project with funding provided by the Office of Polar Programs under the
Life in Extreme Environments (LExEn) Program, includes a geophysical study of
Lake Vostok, a large lake beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Subglacial ecosystems, in particular subglacial lake ecosystems are extreme
oligotrophic environments. These environments, and ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -62.83

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Robin E. Bell and Michael S. Studinger

Dataset Title: Understanding the Boundary Conditions of the Lake Vostok Environment: A Site Survey for Future Work

Dataset Publisher: Support Office for Aerogeophysical Research

Other Citation Details: Funded under NSF Award #9978236

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS

LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION

SOLID EARTH > GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD > GRAVITY

SOLID EARTH > GEOMAGNETISM > MAGNETIC FIELD > MAGNETIC ANOMALIES

ISO Topic Category

ELEVATION

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Platform

DHC-6 > DeHavilland Twin Otter

Project

NSF/OPP > Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation

SOAR-LVS > Support Office for Aerogeophysical Research Lake Vostok Project

Access Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

LDEO

SOAR

LAKE VOSTOK

NSF

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

Data Center

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

Data Center URL: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: ROBERT A. ARKO Email: info at usap-data.org Contact Address: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 61 Route 9W City: Palisades Province or State: NY Postal Code: 10964 Country: USA