The Cryosphere www.the-cryosphere.net 1994-0416 1994-0424 1 1 2007 10.5194/tc-1-1-2007 http://www.the-cryosphere.net/1/1/2007/ http://www.the-cryosphere.net/1/1/2007/tc-1-1-2007.html http://www.the-cryosphere.net/1/1/2007/tc-1-1-2007.pdf 1 10 2007-10-19 Direct evidence for continuous radar reflector originating from changes in crystal-orientation fabric O. Eisen olaf.eisen@awi.de I. Hamann S. Kipfstuhl D. Steinhage F. Wilhelms Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany The origin of a strong continuous radar reflector observed with airborne radio-echo sounding (RES) at the EPICA deep-drilling site in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, is identified as a transition in crystal fabric orientation from a vertical girdle to an increased single-pole orientation seen along the ice core. 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