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The Antarctic Subglacial Lake Vostok. Glaciology, Biology and Planetology.
I. A. Zotikov
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Description for The Antarctic Subglacial Lake Vostok. Glaciology, Biology and Planetology.
Paperback. A monograph examining the phenomenon of a huge sealed, freshwater lake, isolated from the rest of the world by kilometers' thick ice. It provides interpretation of, and calculations for, stimulating factors for possible melting and a huge lake's existence at the bottom of the Martian ice sheets. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Geophysical Sciences. Num Pages: 158 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 8. Weight in Grams: 267.
The first book on the subject, this monograph examines the phenomenon of a huge sealed, freshwater lake, isolated from the rest of the world by kilometers' thick ice. The existence of melting ice at the bottom of the huge Vostok Lake has served as a model and inspired the team planning the Galileo space craft to gather data on the ice sheet of the Jupiterian moon Europa. The book provides interpretation of, and calculations for, stimulating factors for possible melting and a huge lake's existence at the bottom of the Martian ice sheets.
The first book on the subject, this monograph examines the phenomenon of a huge sealed, freshwater lake, isolated from the rest of the world by kilometers' thick ice. The existence of melting ice at the bottom of the huge Vostok Lake has served as a model and inspired the team planning the Galileo space craft to gather data on the ice sheet of the Jupiterian moon Europa. The book provides interpretation of, and calculations for, stimulating factors for possible melting and a huge lake's existence at the bottom of the Martian ice sheets.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
Series
Springer Praxis Books / Geophysical Sciences
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540426493
SKU
V9783540426493
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Reviews for The Antarctic Subglacial Lake Vostok. Glaciology, Biology and Planetology.
From the reviews: "The Antarctic Subglacial Lake Vostok is … a historically valuable and personal account of the history of the Soviet and Russian Antarctic research with respect to the subglacial lake and the future activities, i.e. the development of different drilling techniques in order to penetrate subglacial Lake Vostok. … the book remains a ... Read more