Deducing the thermal structure in the tongue of Gornergletscher, Switzerland, from radar surveys and borehole measurements

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 51, 2009, Pages 63-70

  Eisen, O ^a,b   Bauder, A ^a   Luthi M ^a   Riesen, P ^a   Funk, M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BACKSCATTER; BOREHOLE; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADAR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GORNER GLACIER; GRENZ GLACIER; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 68949094410     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756409789097612     Document Type: Article

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