Variability in accumulation rates from GPR profiling on the West Antarctic plateau

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2004, Pages 238-244

  Spikes, Vandy B ^a   Hamilton, Gordon S ^a   Arcone, Steven A ^b   Kaspari, Susan ^a   Mayewski, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; FIRN; GLACIOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE CORE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PEMBROKESHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WEST ANGLE BAY; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23844449366     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814393     Document Type: Article

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