A physical mechanism for long-term survival of ground ice in Beacon Valley, Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Schorghofer, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DIFFUSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICE; METEOROLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; ADVECTION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; RADIOMETRY; SUBLIMATION;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIFFUSION PHYSICS; GROUND ICE; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE;

ICE MOVEMENT; SURVIVAL;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

BEACON VALLEY , ANTARCTICA; CONFLICTING EVIDENCE; DETAILED MODELING; DIFFUSION PHYSICS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SATURATION VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 28144437793     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023881     Document Type: Article

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