Spatial stability of Ice Stream D and its tributaries, West Antarctica, revealed by radio-echo sounding and interferometry

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2003, Pages 377-382

  Siegert, Martin J ^a   Payne, Antony J ^a   Joughin, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHO SOUNDING; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE STREAM; SPATIAL VARIATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 1442311647     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756403781816022     Document Type: Article

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