Glacier velocities and dynamic discharge from the ice masses of Baffin Island and Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 980-989

  Van Wychen, Wesley ^a,b   Copland, Luke ^a   Burgess, David O ^b   Gray, Laurence ^a   Schaffer, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VELOCITY;

BAFFIN ISLANDS; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; DISCHARGE RATES; PEAK VELOCITIES; POINT ESTIMATE; REGIONAL DYNAMICS; SPECKLE TRACKING; SURFACE MOTIONS;

ICE;

ALOS; DATA SET; DISCHARGE; GEOACCUMULATION; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIOLOGY; ICE FLOW; ICE THICKNESS; PALSAR; SATELLITE DATA; TRACKING; VELOCITY;

BAFFIN ISLAND; BYLOT ISLAND; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NUNAVUT;

EID: 84946895918     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2015-0087     Document Type: Article

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