The internal layering of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, from airborne radar-sounding data

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 51, 2009, Pages 141-146

  Karlsson, Nanna B ^a,b   Rippin, David M ^a   Vaughan, David G ^b   Corr, Hugh F J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; GLACIER; ICE FLOW; RADAR; SHEAR STRESS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRIBUTARY;

ANTARCTICA; PINE ISLAND GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 68949112432     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/s0260305500250660     Document Type: Article

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