Fast-flow signature in the stagnated Kamb Ice Stream, West Antarctica

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 481-484

  Ng, Felix ^a   Conway, Howard ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice streams; Mass balance; Radar; West Antarctica

Indexed keywords

FAST-FLOW SIGNATURES; ICE STREAMS;

ICE; RADAR; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GEOLOGY;

FLOW VELOCITY; ICE STREAM; MASS BALANCE; RADAR;

ANTARCTICA; ICE STREAM C; KAMB ICE STREAM; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 3142655907     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20317.1     Document Type: Article

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