Surface "waves" on Byrd Glacier, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 547-555

  Reusch, D ^a   Hughes, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

East Antarctica; Ice stream; Outlet glacier; Ross embayment; Unstable ice flow

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE STREAM; ICE THICKNESS; MASS BALANCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; BYRD GLACIER; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0346269331     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102003001664     Document Type: Article

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