Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1719-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1719-2021
Research article
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08 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 08 Apr 2021

Aerogeophysical characterization of Titan Dome, East Antarctica, and potential as an ice core target

Lucas H. Beem, Duncan A. Young, Jamin S. Greenbaum, Donald D. Blankenship, Marie G. P. Cavitte, Jingxue Guo, and Sun Bo

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Titan Dome, East Antarctica, Aerogephysical Survey Lucas H. Beem, Duncan A. Young, Jamin S. Greenbaum, Donald D. Blankenship, Marie G. P. Cavitte, Jingxue Guo, and Sun Bo https://doi.org/10.15784/601437

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Radar observation collected above Titan Dome of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is used to describe ice geometry and test a hypothesis that ice beneath the dome is older than 1 million years. An important climate transition occurred between 1.25 million and 700 thousand years ago, and if ice old enough to study this period can be removed as an ice core, new insights into climate dynamics are expected. The new observations suggest the ice is too young – more likely 300 to 800 thousand years old.