Mechanisms of fast flow in Jakobshavn Isbræ, West Greenland: Part III. Measurements of ice deformation, temperature and cross-borehole conductivity in boreholes to the bedrock

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 48, Issue 162, 2002, Pages 369-385

  Lüthi, Martin ^a   Funk, Martin ^a   Iken, Almut ^a   Gogineni, Shivaprasad ^b   Truffer, Martin ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; DEFORMATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; ICE FLOW; ICE STREAM;

GREENLAND; JAKOBSHAVN ISBRAE;

EID: 0036942681     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756502781831322     Document Type: Article

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