Revealing firn structure at Dome A region in East Antarctica  using cultural seismic noise

Song, Zhengyi; Pan, Yudi; Li, Jiangtao; Peng, Hongrui; Wang, Yiming; Yang, Yuande; Lu, Kai; Tang, Xueyuan; Zhang, Xiaohong

doi:10.5194/tc-19-6341-2025

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Articles | Volume 19, issue 12

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01 Dec 2025

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| 01 Dec 2025

Revealing firn structure at Dome A region in East Antarctica using cultural seismic noise

Zhengyi Song, Yudi Pan, Jiangtao Li, Hongrui Peng, Yiming Wang, Yuande Yang, Kai Lu, Xueyuan Tang, and Xiaohong Zhang

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