Ice-core evidence of the thickness and character of clear-facies basal ice: Glacier de Tsanfleuron, Switzerland

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 46, Issue 152, 2000, Pages 140-150

  Hubbard, Bryn ^a   Tison, Jean Louis ^b   Janssens, Laurent ^b   Spiro, Baruch ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; FACIES ANALYSIS; ICE CORE; ICE THICKNESS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0034124482     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756500781833250     Document Type: Article

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