The evolution of surface flow stripes and stratigraphic folds within Kamb Ice Stream: Why don't they match?

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 186, 2008, Pages 421-427

  Campbell, Ian ^a,b   Jacobel, Robert ^a   Welch, Brian ^a   Pettersson, Rickard ^a,c  

^a ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERN; ICE FLOW; ICE MECHANICS; ICE SHELF; ICE STREAM; MODIS; RADARSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE FLUX;

ANTARCTICA; KAMB ICE STREAM; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 49649111198     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214308785837011     Document Type: Article

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