BEDMAP: A new ice thickness and subglacial topographic model of Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B6, 2001, Pages 11335-11351

  Lythe, Matthew B ^a   Vaughan, David G ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE THICKNESS; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0034930158     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900449     Document Type: Article

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