Isotopic signature of debris-rich ice formed by regelation into a subglacial sediment bed

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1151-1154

  Iverson, N R ^a   Souchez, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; FREEZING; ISOTOPES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTS; DEUTERIUM; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; RADIOISOTOPES;

BASAL ICE; DEUTERIUM EXCESS; FIELD DATA; ICE SHEET; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LABORATORY STUDIES; SUBGLACIAL SEDIMENT; WEST GREENLAND;

ICE;

DEBRIS; REGELATION; SUBGLACIAL SEDIMENT BED;

BASAL FREEZING; INTERSTITIAL ICE; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURE; REGELATION; SUBGLACIAL SEDIMENT; UNLITHIFIED SEDIMENT;

EID: 0030135174     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01073     Document Type: Article

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