Seasonal changes in ground-penetrating radar signature observed at a polythermal glacier, Bylots Island, Canada

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 892-909

  Irvine Fynn, T D L ^a,b   Moorman, B J ^b   Williams, J L M ^b   Walter, F S A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Climate Change Central   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Canada; Bylot Island; Ground penetrating radar; Hydrology; Polythermal glacier; Specific retention capacity; Temporal change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOPHYSICS; GLACIERS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

BYLOT ISLAND; POLYTHERMAL GLACIER; SPECIFIC RETENTION CAPACITY; TEMPORAL CHANGE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOPHYSICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GLACIER; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BYLOT ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 33745611442     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1299     Document Type: Article

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