Borehole imagery of meteoric and marine ice layers in the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 51, Issue 172, 2005, Pages 75-84

  Craven, Mike ^a   Carsey, Frank ^b   Behar, Alberto ^b   Matthews, Jaret ^b   Brand, Russell ^a   Elcheikh, Alan ^a   Hall, Seane ^c   Treverrow, Adam ^a  

^a ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE CORE; VIDEOGRAPHY;

AMERY ICE SHELF; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 27744514398     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756505781829511     Document Type: Article

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