Instruments and Methods in situ measurements of firn compaction profiles using borehole optical stratigraphy

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 57, Issue 202, 2011, Pages 289-294

  Hawley, Robert L ^a,b   Waddington, Edwin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; BOREHOLE; COMPACTION; FIRN; GLACIOLOGY; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SUMMIT;

EID: 79960512820     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214311796405889     Document Type: Article

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