Radar signatures beneath a surface topographic lineation near the outlet of Kamb Ice Stream and Engelhardt Ice Ridge, West Antarctica

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 51, 2009, Pages 98-104

  Matsuoka, Kenichi ^a   Gades, Anthony ^a,b   Conway, Howard ^a   Catania, Ginny ^c   Raymond, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE RIDGE; ICE STREAM; MELTING; RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWATER; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ANTARCTICA; ENGELHARDT RIDGE; KAMB ICE STREAM; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 68949129342     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756409789097595     Document Type: Article

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