The role of ice thickness and bed properties on the dynamics of the enhanced-flow tributaries of Bailey Ice Stream and Slessor Glacier, East Antarctica

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2004, Pages 366-372

  Rippin, David M ^a   Bamber, Jonathan L ^b   Siegert, Martin J ^b   Vaughan, David G ^c   Corr, Hugh F J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL FLOW; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE STREAM; ICE THICKNESS;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 23844544029     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814375     Document Type: Article

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