Extreme firn metamorphism: Impact of decades of vapor transport on near-surface firn at a low-accumulation glazed site on the East Antarctic plateau

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2004, Pages 73-78

  Albert, Mary ^a,b   Shuman, Christopher ^c   Courville, Zoe ^a,b   Bauer, Robert ^d   Fahnestock, Mark ^e   Scambos, Ted ^d  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-ICE INTERACTION; FIRN; ICE CORE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMEABILITY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 23844515738     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814041     Document Type: Article

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