Internal Layers in an "Accublation" Ice Cap: A Test for Flow

Icarus

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 289-294

  Fisher, David A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glaciers; Ice cap; Layers; Mars; Sublimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001333213     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6293     Document Type: Article

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