Boundary conditions of an active west antarctic subglacial lake: Implications for storage of water beneath the ice sheet

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-24

  Siegert, M J ^a   Ross, N ^b   Corr, H ^c   Smith, B ^d   Jordan, T ^c   Bingham, R G ^e   Ferraccioli, F ^c   Rippin, D M ^f   Le Brocq, A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHO SOUNDER; ICE SHEET; ICESAT; RADAR ALTIMETRY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84891849638     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-15-2014     Document Type: Article

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