Temperatures at the base of the Laurentide Ice Sheet inferred from borehole temperature data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Rolandone, Frédérique ^a   Mareschal, Jean Claude ^b   Jaupart, Claude ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; GLACIERS; ICE; MELTING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

MELTING POINTS; BOREHOLE TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCE; GROUND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE HISTORY; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

GEOPHYSICS; ICE;

BASAL TEMPERATURE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; PALEOCLIMATE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0348172344     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018046     Document Type: Article

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