Ice dynamics of the Allan Hills meteorite concentration sites revealed by satellite aperture radar interferometry

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1319-1330

  Coren, F ^a   Delisle, G ^b   Sterzai, P ^a  

^a NatlInstOceanography ApplGeophys   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLAN HILLS METEORITE; ICE FLOW; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VELOCITY;

ALLAN HILLS; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0942269652     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00316.x     Document Type: Article

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