Preliminary results of tritium analyses in basal ice, Matanuska Glacier, Alaska, U.S.A.: Evidence for subglacial ice accretion

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 22, Issue , 1996, Pages 126-133

  Strasser, Jeffrey C ^a,b   Lawson, Daniel E ^b   Larson, Grahame J ^c   Evenson, Edward B ^a   Aeley, Richard B ^d  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; SUBGLACIAL DRAINAGE; TRITIUM;

USA, ALASKA, MATANUSKA GLACIER;

EID: 0030425519     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0260305500015317     Document Type: Article

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