A SOLID-EARTH RESEARCH PROJECT IN ANTARCTICA
The aim of this webpage is to present the GIANT-LISSA research project undertaken at the Princess Elisabeth base in Antarctica.
Within the framework of the International Polar Year 2007-2009, the Royal Observatory of Belgium in collaboration with the University of Luxembourg has launched a joint project named the GIANT-LISSA project, acronym for "Geodesy for Ice in ANTarctica" and "Lithospheric and Intraplate Structure and Seismicity in Antarctica".
The goal of this project is to assess the ice mass change in the vicinity of the Princess Elisabeth station (officially inaugurated on 15/02/2009) combining GPS, gravity and seismic measurements and to investigate local to regional lithosphere structure and to monitor intra-plate regional and global seismicity.