New maps of the ice thickness and subglacial topography in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, determined by means of airborne radio-echo sounding

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 29, Issue , 1999, Pages 267-272

  Steinhage, D ^a   Nixdorf, U ^a   Meyer, U ^a   Miller, H ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; ECHO SOUNDING; ICE THICKNESS; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 0033508572     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756499781821409     Document Type: Conference Paper

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