A novel over-sea-ice seismic reflection survey in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Terra Antartica

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 97-106

  Betterly, S J ^a   Speece, M A ^a   Levy, R H ^b   Harwood, D M ^b   Henrys, S A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA ICE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 36849009711     PISSN: 11228628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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