Use of shear waves to measure poisson's ratio in polar firn

Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-21

  King, Edward C ^a   Jarvis, Eric P ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DISPERSION (WAVES); POISSON RATIO; REFRACTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

ADELAIDE ISLANDS; DISPERSED COMPRESSIONAL WAVES; POLAR FIRNS; SEISMIC SOURCES;

SHEAR WAVES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DEPTH; FIRN; MEASUREMENT METHOD; P-WAVE; POISSON RATIO; REFRACTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SOURCE; WAVE VELOCITY;

ADELAIDE ISLAND; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 34948837394     PISSN: 10831363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/JEEG12.1.15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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