The basal ice layer of glaciers and ice sheets

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 975-993

  Knight, Peter G ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; DEBRIS; ENTRAINMENT; GLACIERS; ICE SHEET;

EID: 0031426135     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(97)00033-4     Document Type: Article

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