Influence of subglacial geology on the position of a West antarctic ice stream from seismic observations

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6688, 1998, Pages 62-65

  Anandakrishnan, S ^a   Blankenship, D D ^b   Alley, R B ^a   Stoffa, P L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE;

BEDROCK; GEOLOGY; ICE STREAM; SUBGLACIAL PROCESS;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; EARTHQUAKE; GEOLOGY; LUBRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT; THAWING; THICKNESS; VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA, WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET;

EID: 0032474781     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/27889     Document Type: Article

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