Radar-based subglacial lake classification in Antarctica

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Carter, Sasha P ^a   Blankenship, Donald D ^a   Peters, Matthew E ^a   Young, Duncan A ^a   Holt, John W ^a   Morse, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Quaternary geology; Radar methods; Subglacial lakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548284681     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001408     Document Type: Article

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