Crystal orientation fabrics within the Antarctic ice sheet revealed by a multipolarization plane and dual-frequency radar survey

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Matsuoka, Kenichi ^a   Furukawa, Teruo ^b   Fujita, Shuji ^a   Maeno, Hideo ^c   Uratsuka, Seiho ^c   Naruse, Renji ^a   Watanabe, Okitsugu ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ice penetrating radar; Internal layers

Indexed keywords

ICE CRYSTAL; ICE SHEET; ORIENTATION; RADAR; VISCOSITY;

ANTARCTICA; DOME FUJI; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 1442266649     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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