Instruments and methods density measurements in ice boreholes using neutron scattering

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 49, Issue 167, 2004, Pages 599-604

  Morris, Elizabeth M ^a   Cooper, J David ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DENSITY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE; INSTRUMENTATION; NEUTRON PROBE; SNOW;

EID: 3843054748     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756503781830403     Document Type: Article

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