Simple relations for the close-off depth and age in dry-snow densification

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2008, Pages 71-76

  Salamatin, Andrey N ^a   Lipenkov, Vladimir Ya ^b  

^a KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; DRY DENSITY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOLOGY; ICE CORE; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER;

EID: 58249089794     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756408787814889     Document Type: Article

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