Internal and basal ice changes near the grounding line derived from radio-echo sounding

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 42, Issue 140, 1996, Pages 103-109

  Uratsuka, Seiho ^a   Nishio, Fumihiko ^b   Mae, Shinji ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; GROUNDING LINE; ICE INTERNAL CHANGE; ICE PROPERTIES; RADIO ECHO SOUNDING; SEA-ICE INTERACTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0029768616     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000030562     Document Type: Article

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