Basal conditions on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica, from seismic observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B1, 1997, Pages 543-552

  Smith, A M ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL SHEAR STRESS; BASAL SLIDING; ICE FLOW; SEISMIC SURVEY; SUBGLACIAL DEFORMATION; SUBGLACIAL PROCESSES;

ANTARCTICA, RUTFORD ICE STREAM;

EID: 0030684030     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb02933     Document Type: Article

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