Changes in accumulation-area firn stratigraphy and meltwater flow during a period of climate warming: Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut, Canada

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2380-2391

  Gascon, Gabrielle ^a   Sharp, Martin ^a   Burgess, David ^b   Bezeau, Peter ^a   Bush, Andrew B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic ice caps; densification; firn facies change; ground penetrating radar; percolation

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; DRAINAGE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE CAP; INFILTRATION; MELTWATER; PERCOLATION; SATELLITE DATA; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA; DEVON ICE CAP; NUNAVUT;

EID: 84892993534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF002838     Document Type: Article

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