Bedgap: Where next for Antarctic subglacial mapping?

Antarctic Science

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 742-757

  Pritchard, Hamish D ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geology; glaciology; hydrology; oceanography; topography

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FUTURE PROSPECT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIOLOGY; ICE CORE; ICE SHELF; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84925293104     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095410201400025X     Document Type: Article

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