Convergent flow of ice within the Astrolabe subglacial basin, Terre Adélie, East Antarctica: An hypothesis derived from numerical modelling experiments

Polar Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-72

  Siegert, Martin J ^a   Glasser, Neil F ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUBGLACIAL LAKE;

ANTARCTICA, TERRE ADELIE;

EID: 0031405238     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v16i1.6625     Document Type: Article

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