Extensive storage of basal meltwater in the onset region of a major West Antarctic ice stream

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-254

  Peters, Leo E ^a   Anandakrishnan, Sridhar ^a   Alley, Richard B ^a   Smith, Andrew M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ice streams; Seismic amplitude; Subglacial meltwater; West Antarctica

Indexed keywords

ICE STREAMS; SEISMIC AMPLITUDE; SUBGLACIAL MELTWATER;

HYDROLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

AVO METHOD; ICE STREAM; MELTWATER; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT;

ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33947314796     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23222A.1     Document Type: Article

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