Determining the age distribution of Colle Gnifetti, Monte Rosa, Swiss Alps, by combining ice cores, ground-penetrating radar and a simple flow model

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 59, Issue 213, 2013, Pages 179-189

  Konrad, Hannes ^a,d   Bohleber, Pascal ^a   Wagenbach, Dietmar ^a   Vincent, Christian ^b   Eisen, Olaf ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; FLOW MODELING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE CORE; PALEOCLIMATE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; MONTE ROSA; PENNINE ALPS;

EID: 84878359628     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013JoG12J072     Document Type: Article

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