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Gridded Data Format:

These data files consist of three columns: longitude, latitude and value. Elevations are in meters referenced to WGS-84. Ice thickness is in meters.

Web page gridded images: The values listed above form a filled orthogonal grid at 600 meter resolution. Grids are smoothed using a Gaussian filter (7.5 km) and surfaced using a bicubic spline method.

Acknowledgment:

In keeping with NSF Grant Policy, any publication using these data (including web documents) must contain the following acknowledgment: "This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant: OPP-9911617." Also, any oral presentation utilizing these materials should acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation. In addition, we request that any oral presentation, web page or publication also acknowledge SOAR and the University of Texas. Suitable citation for LVS data is:

Studinger, Michael, et al., 2003, Ice cover, landscape setting, and geological framework of Lake Vostok, East Antarctica, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 205, Issue 3-4, pp.195-210.

Gravity data collection and reduction are described in:

Richter, T. G., J. W. Holt, D. D. Blankenship. Airborne gravity over East Antarctica. KIS 2001: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Kinematic Systems in Geodesy, Geomatics and Navigation, Banff, Alberta p.576-585, 2001.

A description of Ice Radar and Lidar measurements is currently in preparation, please contact J.W. Holt for up to date citation information.

Ice radar data were also presented in:
Bell, R.E., M. Studinger, A.A. Tikku, G.K.C. Clarke, M.M. Gutner and C. Meertens. 2002. Origin and fate of Lake Vostok water frozen to the base of the East Antarctic ice sheet. Nature 416, 307 - 310.


Bell, R. E., 2003, Lake Vostok; an opportunity to study East Antarctica interdisciplinary, in M. Studinger, A. A. Tikku, G. D. Karner, and V. Levin, eds., Open-File Report - U. S. Geological Survey, United States, U. S. Geological Survey : Reston, VA, United States, p. 49.


Studinger, M., 2003, Geophysical evidence for a geologic boundary within East Antarctica, in G. D. Karner, and R. E. Bell, eds., Open-File Report - U. S. Geological Survey, United States, U. S. Geological Survey : Reston, VA, United States, p. 106.

Studinger, M., 2003, Ice flow, landscape setting, and geological framework of Lake Vostok, East Antarctica, in R. E. Bell, G. D. Karner, and A. A. Tikku, eds., Open-File Report - U. S. Geological Survey, United States, U. S. Geological Survey : Reston, VA, United States, p. 107.