Flow properties of the ice from the Greenland Ice Core Project ice core: The reason for folds?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C12, 1997, Pages 26831-26840

  Dahl Jensen, D ^a   Thorsteinsson, T ^b   Alley, R ^c   Shoji, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRIP; ICE DEFORMATION; ICE FLOW; ICE MECHANICS;

EID: 0031448715     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC01266     Document Type: Article

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