Calving icebergs indicate a thick layer of temperate ice at the base of Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 191, 2009, Pages 563-566

  Lüthi, Martin P ^a   Fahnestock, Mark ^b   Truffer, Martin ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD REGION; ECHO SOUNDING; FLOW VELOCITY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; ICE BREAKUP; ICE THICKNESS; ICEBERG; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TRIANGULATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; JAKOBSHAVN ISBRAE;

EID: 69549096348     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309788816650     Document Type: Article

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