Ground-penetrating radar measurements of 64 Austrian glaciers between 1995 and 2010

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 64, 2013, Pages 179-188

  Fischer, Andrea ^a   Kuhn, Michael ^b  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GLACIER; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; ICE THICKNESS; VOLUME;

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EID: 84893053172     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG64A108     Document Type: Article

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