Faceted crystal formation in the northeast Greenland low-accumulation region

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 45, Issue 149, 1999, Pages 63-68

  Steffen, Konrad ^a   Abdalati, Waleed ^b   Sherjal, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CRUST; FIRN; FORMATION MECHANISM; GLACIOLOGY; ICE CRYSTAL;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0032809557     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002214300000304X     Document Type: Article

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