THE ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET. PART I: ENVIRONMENT, SECTION B: REGIONAL

Abstract

Antarctica consists of a continental-type land mass covered by a thick mantle of snow-formed ice. The land surface beneath the ice is below sea level in many places, but since troughs and basins are solidly filled with permanent ice, the rock depression is partly due to imposed ice load, and the earth's crust is of continental type, Antarctica can be regarded as a continent having some major basal troughs. The surfaceAREA OF THE CONTINENT AND ITS FRINGING ICE SHELVES IS ABOUT 5,500,000 SQUARE MILES. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0276609

Entities

People

  • Malcolm Mellor

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antarctica
  • Continents
  • Depression
  • Determinants (Mathematics)
  • Environment
  • Geographic Regions
  • Glaciers
  • Ice
  • Sea Level

Readers

  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Seismology