Seasonal variations in ice deformation and basal motion across the tongue of Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2003, Pages 157-167

  Willis, Ian ^a   Mair, Douglas ^b   Hubbard, Bryn ^c   Nienow, Peter ^d   Fischer, Urs H ^e   Hubbard, Alun ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL FLOW; DEFORMATION; ENGLACIAL PROCESS; GLACIER FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; TILT;

HAUT GLACIER D'AROLLA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0042731825     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756403781816455     Document Type: Article

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