Ice flow velocities over Vostok Subglacial Lake, East Antarctica, determined by 10 years of GNSS observations

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 59, Issue 214, 2013, Pages 315-326

  Richter, A ^a   Fedorov, D V ^b   Fritsche, M ^a   Popov, S V ^c   Lipenkov, V Ya ^d   Ekaykin, A A ^d   Lukin, V V ^d   Matveev, A Yu ^b   Grebnev, V P ^b   Rosenau, R ^a   Dietrich, R ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Aerogeodeziya   (Russian Federation)

^c Polar Marine Geosurvey Expedition ^*  (Russian Federation)

^d ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; AZIMUTH; FLOW VELOCITY; GNSS; ICE FLOW; ICE THICKNESS; KINEMATICS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE VOSTOK;

EID: 84881166569     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013JoG12J056     Document Type: Article

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