Radio-Echo Sounding in the Allan Hills, Antarctica, in Support of the Meteorite Field Program.

Abstract

Radio-echo sounding measurements made on Ross Island and in the Allan Hills Antarctica indicate that radio-echo sounding may offer the unique possibility of detecting a buried meteorite in glacial ice. The results also revealed internal layering within the snow on Ross Island and in the snow filling an ice depression west of Allan Nunatak. Radio-echo sounding also gave the depth to bedrock near the west side of Allan Nunatak. The greatest ice depth measured was 310 m. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA086858

Entities

People

  • Austin Kovacs

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ablation
  • Antarctic Regions
  • Antarctica
  • Cold Regions
  • Echo Ranging
  • Engineering
  • Glaciers
  • High Resolution
  • Ice
  • Low Temperature
  • Measurement
  • Meteorites
  • New Hampshire
  • Regions
  • Snow
  • Sonar
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.