Spatial distribution of surface mass balance on Amundsenisen plateau, Antarctica, derived from ice-penetrating radar studies

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2004, Pages 265-270

  Rotschky, Gerit ^a   Eisen, Olaf ^a   Wilhelms, Frank ^a   Nixdorf, Uwe ^a   Oerter, Hans ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE CORE; ICE THICKNESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMUNDSENISEN; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 23844463836     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814618     Document Type: Article

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