High-resolution study of layering within the percolation and soaked facies of the Greenland ice sheet

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 52, Issue 59, 2011, Pages 35-42

  Brown, Joel ^a,b   Harper, Joel ^a   Pfeffer, W Tad ^c   Humphrey, Neil ^d   Bradford, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE CORE; MAPPING; MELT; PERCOLATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84863012117     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756411799096286     Document Type: Article

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