Subglacial bathymetry and sediment layer distribution beneath the Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, West Antarctica, modeled using aerogravity and autonomous underwater vehicle data

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 64, 2013, Pages 27-32

  Muto, Atsuhiro ^a   Anandakrishnan, Sridhar ^a   Alley, Richard B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; BATHYMETRY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; ICE COVER; ICE SHELF; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTICA; PINE ISLAND GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84885086875     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG64A110     Document Type: Article

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