Southeast Greenland high accumulation rates derived from firn cores and ground-penetrating radar

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 63, 2013, Pages 322-332

  Miège, Clément ^a   Forster, Richard R ^a   Box, Jason E ^b,c   Burgess, Evan W ^a   Mcconnell, Joseph R ^d   Pasteris, Daniel R ^d   Spikes, Vandy B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Earth Science Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE CORE; ICE MECHANICS; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; SOUTHEAST GREENLAND MARGIN;

EID: 84881651457     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG63A358     Document Type: Article

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