OROGRAPHY OF THE BEDROCK RELIEF OF SUBGLACIAL LAKE VOSTOK AND ITS VICINITY (EAST ANTARCTIC)
https://doi.org/10.15356/0435-4281-2012-1-81-91
Abstract
On the base of topographic maps of 1 : 500 000 scale the regionalization of the territory was fulfilled. Three geomorphic regions were distinguished: 1 – the Vostok trench – submarine hilly plain –900 m below sea level, with several depressions and elevations; 2 – the Komsomolski mountains up to 1580 m a.s.l.; 3 – the Shmidt plain about 300 m a.s.l. and relief about 100 m. These regions are complicated with exogenic meso-landforms different in height, depth of dissection and general morphology.
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S. V. PopovRussian Federation
P. I. Lunev
Russian Federation
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Popov S.V., Lunev P.I. OROGRAPHY OF THE BEDROCK RELIEF OF SUBGLACIAL LAKE VOSTOK AND ITS VICINITY (EAST ANTARCTIC). Geomorfologiya. 2012;(1):81-91. https://doi.org/10.15356/0435-4281-2012-1-81-91
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