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Science 2 February 1979:
Vol. 203. no. 4379, pp. 433 - 434
DOI: 10.1126/science.203.4379.433
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The Ross Ice Shelf Project

JOHN W. CLOUGH 1 and B. LYLE HANSEN 1

1 Ross Ice Shelf Project Management Office, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 68588

A hole was drilled through the Ross Ice Shelf 450 kilometers from the barrier. Scientific sampling through this hole revealed a sparse population of crustaceans, fish, and microbial biomass. The seabed consists of mid-Miocene glaciomarine mud. Geothermal heat flow is average. Oceanographic data indicate an active circulation and melting at the base of the ice.

Submitted on September 11, 1978
Revised on November 6, 1978


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