Time-dependence of the spatial pattern of accumulation rate in East Antarctica deduced from isochronic radar layers using a 3-D numerical ice flow model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Leysinger Vieli, Gwendolyn J M C ^a,b   Hindmarsh, Richard C A ^a   Siegert, Martin J ^c   Bo, Sun ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; FLOW MODELING; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; ICE CORE; ICE FLOW; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MASS BALANCE; RADAR; SPATIAL PLANNING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79958776894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JF001785     Document Type: Article

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