An 860 km surface mass-balance profile on the East Antarctic plateau derived by GPR

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 51, Issue 55, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Müller, Karsten ^a   Sinisalo, Anna ^a   Anschütz, Helgard ^b   Hamran, Svein Erik ^a   Hagen, Jon Ove ^a   McConnell, Joseph R ^c   Pasteris, Daniel R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MASS BALANCE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; INDONESIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUMBAWA; SUNDA ISLES; TAMBORA; WEST NUSA TENGGARA;

EID: 80051681618     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410791392718     Document Type: Article

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