Microstructural characterization of firn

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1624-1629

  Baker, Ian ^a   Obbard, R ^a   Iliescu, D ^a   Meese, D ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Firn; Porosity; Scanning electron microscopy; Snow; Surface area; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

FIRN; FIRN CRYSTALS; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; SNOW CRYSTALS;

SNOW;

CHARACTERIZATION; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SNOW; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

FIRN; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GRAIN SIZE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 34250315258     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6725     Document Type: Conference Paper

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