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Lake Vostok LVS_WCx_X10a

Entry ID: LVS_WCx_X10a

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Summary

Abstract: The above data set,LVS_WCx_X10a, was collected during the aerogeophysical
transect, starting at 86.867 degrees E longitude and 79.358 degrees S
latitude, and ending at 104.638 degrees E longitude and 78.367 degrees S
latitude. This transect is part of the larger project, Understanding the
Boundary Conditions of the Lake Vostok Environment: A Site Survey for Future
Work, a project funded by NSF OPP Antarctic Geology & Geophysics/Life in
Extreme Environments Program, Award #9978236.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -78.37

S: -79.36

E: 104.64

W: 86.87

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
LVS

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1999-12-05

Stop Date: 2000-01-16

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

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

ANTARCTICA

NSF

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

Data Center

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

Data Center URL: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
Dataset ID: LVS_WCx_X10a

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