The use of borehole video in investigating the hydrology of a temperate glacier

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-224

  Copland, Luke ^a,b   Harbor, Jon ^a   Gordon, Shulamit ^b   Sharp, Martin ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Borehole; Glacier hydrology; Glaciers; Switzerland; Video

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GLACIERS; ICE; MONITORING; VIDEO CAMERAS; WATER LEVELS;

BOREHOLE VIDEO; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PROFILING; GLACIER HYDROLOGY; VOIDS; WATER QUALITY STRATIFICATION; WATER TURBIDITY;

HYDROLOGY;

BOREHOLE WATER LEVEL; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GLACIER HYDROLOGY; VIDEO OBSERVATION;

SWITZERLAND, HAUT GLACIER D'AROLLA;

EID: 0031076327     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199702)11:2<211::aid-hyp496>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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