Alpine ice cores and ground penetrating radar: Combined investigations for glaciological and climatic interpretations of a cold Alpine ice body

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1007-1017

  Eisen, Olaf ^a   Nixdorf, Uwe ^a   Keck, Lothar ^b   Wagenbach, Dietmar ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE CORE; ICE FLOW; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

EUROPE;

EID: 0242317849     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0889.2003.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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