Radar-detected englacial stratigraphy in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica: Implications for recent changes in ice flow and accumulation

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 63, 2013, Pages 91-100

  Campbell, Seth ^a,b   Balco, Greg ^c   Todd, Claire ^d   Conway, Howard ^e   Huybers, Kathleen ^e   Simmons, Christopher ^f   Vermeulen, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; FIRN; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE FLOW; ICE MECHANICS; ICE SHEET; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; NUNATAK; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PENSACOLA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84881651078     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG63A371     Document Type: Article

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