Radiostratigraphy and age structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 212-241

  Macgregor, Joseph A ^a   Fahnestock, Mark A ^b   Catania, Ginny A ^a,c   Paden, John D ^d   Prasad Gogineni, S ^d   Young, S Keith ^a,c   Rybarski, Susan C ^a,c,e   Mabrey, Alexandria N ^a,c   Wagman, Benjamin M ^a,c   Morlighem, Mathieu ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenland Ice Sheet; ice core; ice penetrating dynamics; ice sheet dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; GLACIER; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; RADAR; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 85027931589     PISSN: 21699003     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JF003215     Document Type: Article

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