Structural peculiarities of ice of Lake Vostok (Central Antarctica)
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- Student G.V. Plekhanov Saint Petersburg State Mining Institute
Abstract
An unusial distribution of Vostok lake ice crystals by dip incination of c-axis was showed by statistical methods. Such orientation was not observed in any lake ice before, so in Vostok lake some unusual freezing processes take place.
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