Seasonal variations in the properties and structural composition of sea ice and snow cover in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas, Antarctica

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 43, Issue 143, 1997, Pages 138-151

  Jeffries, M O ^a   Worby, A P ^b   Morris, K ^a   Eweeks, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE MECHANICS; ICE PROPERTIES; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SNOW COVER; STRUCTURAL COMPOSITION;

AMUNDSEN SEA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA;

EID: 0031436936     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000002902     Document Type: Article

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