On the orilgin, nature and uses of Antarctic ice-sheet radio-echo layering

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-179

  Siegert, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ice sheets; Internal layers; Radio echo sounding (RES)

Indexed keywords

ECHO SOUNDING; GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0032828786     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030913339902300201     Document Type: Article

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