Ice surface velocity patterns on Seward Glacier, Alaska/Yukon, and their implications for regional tectonics in the Saint Elias Mountains

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2003, Pages 21-28

  Ford, Andrew L J ^a   Forster, Richard R ^a   Bruhn, Ronald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER; INTERFEROMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TECTONIC FEATURE;

ALASKA; CANADA; SAINT ELIAS MOUNTAINS; SEWARD GLACIER; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 0042731874     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756403781816086     Document Type: Article

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