Tracing the depth of the Holocene ice in North Greenland from radio-echo sounding data

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 64, 2013, Pages 44-50

  Karlsson, Nanna B ^a   Dahl Jensen, Dorthe ^a   Gogineni, S Prasad ^b   Paden, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING; ECHO SOUNDING; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOLOGY; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84893096663     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG64A057     Document Type: Article

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