First airborne gravity results over the thwaites glacier catchment, West Antarctica

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Diehl, Theresa M ^a   Holt, John W ^a   Blankenship, Donald D ^a   Young, Duncan A ^a   Jordan, Tom A ^b   Ferraccioli, Fausto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerogeophysics; Amundsen Sea Embayment; Antarctica; Gravity; Thwaites Glacier

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749113784     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001878     Document Type: Article

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