Nature of radio echo layering in the Antarctic ice sheet detected by a two-frequency experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B6, 1999, Pages 13013-13024

  Fujita, Shuji ^a   Maeno, Hideo ^b,d   Uratsuka, Seiho ^b,d   Furukawa, Teruo ^c   Mae, Shinji ^a   Fujii, Yoshiyuki ^c   Watanabe, Okitsugu ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHO SOUNDING; ICE SHEET; RADIO WAVE;

ANTARCTICA; DOME FUJI; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033542334     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900034     Document Type: Article

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