Past rates of accumulation in central West Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Siegert, Martin J ^a   Payne, Antony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOPHYSICS; INTERPOLATION; STRATIGRAPHY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; RADIO SYSTEMS;

ANTARCTICA; ICE ACCUMULATION RATES; ICE SHEETS; RADIO-ECHO SOUNDING;

ICE;

ACCUMULATION; ICE SHEET; MORPHOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ACCUMULATION RATES; FREE REGION; ICE ACCUMULATION; ICE SHEET MODELS; RADIO-ECHO SOUNDING; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 6044231994     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020290     Document Type: Article

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