Ice volume estimation inferred from ice thickness and surface measurements for Continental Glacier, Wind River Range, Wyoming, USA

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 60, Issue 221, 2014, Pages 478-488

  Vanlooy, Jeffrey A ^a   Miège, Clément ^b   Vandeberg, Gregory S ^a   Forster, Richard R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied glaciology; Glacial geomorphology; Glacier hydrology; Glacier mass balance; Ground penetrating radar

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ELEVATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE THICKNESS;

CONTINENTAL GLACIER; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WIND RIVER RANGE; WYOMING;

EID: 84906226581     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014JoG13J162     Document Type: Article

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