Crevasse detection in glaciers of southern Chile and Antarctica by means of ground penetrating radar

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 318, 2007, Pages 153-162

  Zamora, Rodrigo ^a   Casassa, Gino ^a   Rivera, Andres ^a,b   Ordenes, Fernando ^a   Neira, Guillermo ^a,c   Araya, Luis ^a,c   Mella, Ronald ^a   Bunster, Claudio ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Militares (CESIM)   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Crevasses; GPR; Southern Chile; Temperate ice

Indexed keywords

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; ICE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; CHILE; COLD ICE; CREVASSES; SOUTHERN CHILE; TEMPERATE ICE;

GLACIERS;

CREVASSE; DETECTION METHOD; GLACIER; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; CHILE; EAST ANTARCTICA; LOS LAGOS; MOCHO GLACIER; MOCHO-CHOSHUENCO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38549090073     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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