Contrasts in hydrology between regions of basal deformation and sliding beneath Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica, mapped using radar and seismic data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Murray, T ^a   Corr, H ^b   Forieri, A ^a   Smith, A M ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DEFORMATION; EARTH SCIENCES; ICE; PERMITTIVITY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; WATER; RADAR;

ICE STREAMS; SEISMIC DATA; BASAL CONDITIONS; BED DEFORMATION; EVACUATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PERMITTIVITY VALUES; SEISMIC TECHNIQUE; SLIDING REGIONS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

RADIO; ICE;

BASAL MELTING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ICE STREAM; MAPPING METHOD; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SEISMIC DATA; SLIDING;

ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 50849093240     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033681     Document Type: Article

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