Determining basal ice-sheet conditions in the Dome G region of East Antarctica using satellite radar altimetry and airborne radio-echo sounding

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 44, Issue 146, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Artin Siegert, M ^a,b   Ridley, Jeffrey K ^a,b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; ECHO SOUNDING; SUBGLACIAL LAKE;

ANTARCTICA, EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0031764703     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/s002214300000229x     Document Type: Article

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