A new model for estimating subsurface ice content based on combined electrical and seismic data sets

Cryosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 453-468

  Hauck, C ^a,b   Bottcher M ^b,d   Maurer, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; BOREHOLE; DATA SET; FROZEN GROUND; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; PERMAFROST; ROCK GLACIER; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALPS; GRAUBUNDEN; MURAGL GLACIER; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79958026091     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-5-453-2011     Document Type: Article

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