Sediment melt-migration dynamics in perennial antarctic lake ice

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-66

  Jepsen, Steven M ^a   Adams, Edward E ^b   Priscu, John C ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; ENERGY BALANCE; GRAIN BOUNDARY; ICE COVER; LABORATORY METHOD; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MELTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE FRYXELL;

EID: 77649154757     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-42.1.57     Document Type: Article

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