Physical properties of the WAIS divide ice core

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 60, Issue 224, 2014, Pages 1140-1154

  Fitzpatrick, Joan J ^a   Voigt, Donald E ^b   Fegyveresi, John M ^b   Stevens, Nathan T ^b   Spencer, Matthew K ^c   Cole Dai, Jihong ^d   Alley, Richard B ^b   Jardine, Gabriella E ^e   Cravens, Eric D ^f   Wilen, Lawrence A ^g   Fudge, T J ^h   McConnell, Joseph R ⁱ  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f ADC Management Services   (United States)

^g Yale University   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic glaciology; Ice core; Ice crystal studies; Paleoclimate; Recrystallization

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GLACIOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; ICE CORE; ICE CRYSTAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; RECRYSTALLIZATION;

EID: 84926625867     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014JoG14J100     Document Type: Review

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