Basal conditions and ice dynamics inferred from radar-derived internal stratigraphy of the northeast Greenland ice stream

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 67, 2014, Pages 127-137

  Keisling, Benjamin A ^a,b   Christianson, Knut ^a,c   Alley, Richard B ^d   Peters, Leo E ^d   Christian, John E M ^a   Anandakrishnan, Sridhar ^d   Riverman, Kiya L ^d   Muto, Atsuhiro ^d   Jacobel, Robert W ^a  

^a ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerogeophysical measurements; Arctic glaciology; Glacier geophysics; Radio echo sounding; Subglacial processes

Indexed keywords

BASAL MELTING; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOLOGY; ICE FLOW; ICE STREAM; RADAR; STRAIN RATE; STRATIGRAPHY; BASAL ICE; RADIO; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84902499780     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014AoG67A090     Document Type: Article

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