Ice-flow dynamics and meteorite collection in Antarctica

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 215, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 371-378

  Corti, Giacomo ^a   Zeoli, Antonio ^b   Bonini, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analogue modelling; Antarctica; Ice flow; Meteorite concentration

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; EXHUMATION; GLACIOLOGY; ICE FLOW; METEORITE;

ANTARCTICA; FRONTIER MOUNTAIN;

EID: 0142228692     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00440-0     Document Type: Article

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