Glacier Sliding Measured by a Radio-Echo Technique

Abstract An attempt to measure the surface velocity of a glacier by observing radio-echo fading patterns appears to have yielded instead a measure of the bottom sliding velocity.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Author: Doake, C. S. M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1975
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000034298
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000034298
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Summary:Abstract An attempt to measure the surface velocity of a glacier by observing radio-echo fading patterns appears to have yielded instead a measure of the bottom sliding velocity.