Spatial variation of radar-derived basal conditions on Kamb Ice Stream, West Antarctica

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 51, 2009, Pages 10-16

  Robert W Jacobel, ^a   Brian C Welch, ^a   David Osterhouse, ^a   Rickard Pettersson, ^b   Joseph A Macgregor, ^c  

^a ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ICE STREAM; ICE THICKNESS; RADAR; SPATIAL VARIATION; TESTING METHOD;

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

EID: 68949135901     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756409789097504     Document Type: Article

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