Distortion of isochronous layers in ice revealed by ground-penetrating radar

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6725, 1999, Pages 323-326

  Vaughan, David G ^a   Corr, Hugh F J ^a   Doake, Christopher S M ^a   Waddington, Ed D ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; SNOW;

DEPTH DETERMINATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE SHEET;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; FLOW KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; THICKNESS; TOPOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033602469     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/18653     Document Type: Article

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