Basal roughness of the Institute and Möller Ice Streams, West Antarctica: Process determination and landscape interpretation

Geomorphology

Volumn 214, Issue , 2014, Pages 139-147

  Rippin, D M ^a   Bingham, R G ^b   Jordan, T A ^c   Wright, A P ^d   Ross, N ^e   Corr, H F J ^c   Ferraccioli, F ^c   Le Brocq, A M ^d   Rose, K C ^f   Siegert, M J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ice dynamics; Institute Ice Stream; M ller Ice Stream; Radio echo sounding; Roughness

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; LANDSCAPE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRIBUTARY;

ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84899093794     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.01.021     Document Type: Article

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