Seasonal changes in basal conditions at Briksdalsbreen, Norway: The winter-spring transition

Boreas

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 579-590

  Rose, Kathryn C ^a   Hart, Jane K ^a   Martinez, Kirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL FLOW; GLACIER DYNAMICS; SPRING (SEASON); SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TILL; VALLEY GLACIER; WINTER;

BRIKSDALSBREEN; NORWAY; SOGN OG FJORDANE;

EID: 73849095225     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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