Acoustic impedance and basal shear stress beneath four Antarctic ice streams

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2003, Pages 225-232

  Vaughan, David G ^a   Smith, Andrew M ^a   Nath, P Chandrika ^a   Le Meur, Emmanuel ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; DEFORMATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE STREAM; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHEAR STRESS; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0042731801     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756403781816437     Document Type: Article

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