Investigating the potential to determine the upstream accumulation rate, using mass-flux calculations along a cross-section on a small tributary glacier in Heimefrontfjella, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2004, Pages 175-180

  Pohjola, Veijo Allan ^a   Hedfors, Jim ^a   Holmlund, Per ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOLOGY; ICE THICKNESS;

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

EID: 23844507139     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814555     Document Type: Article

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