Measurements of ice thickness and seabed topography under the Fimbul Ice Shelf, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Nøst, Ole Anders ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ice shelf cavity; Ice thickness; Seabed topography

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ICE SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND; WORLD;

EID: 11844298322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002277     Document Type: Article

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