Active lakes of recovery ice stream, East Antarctica: A bedrock-controlled subglacial hydrological system

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 60, Issue 223, 2014, Pages 1015-1030

  Fricker, Helen Amanda ^a   Carter, Sasha P ^a   Bell, Robin E ^b   Scambos, Ted ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic glaciology; Remote sensing; Subglacial lakes

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIOLOGY; ICE CORE; ICE STREAM; ICESAT; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WATER FLOW;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84918767389     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014JoG14J063     Document Type: Article

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