The initiation of glacier surging at Fridtjovbreen, Svalbard

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2003, Pages 110-116

  Murray, Tavi ^a   Luckman, Adrian ^b   Strozzi, Tazio ^b,c   Nuttall, Anne Marie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GAMMA REMOTE SENSING   (Switzerland)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER SURGE; INTERFEROMETRY; REMOTE SENSING;

FRIDTJOVBREEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0042404124     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756403781816275     Document Type: Article

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