NON-DESTRUCTIVELY MAPPING THE IN-SITU HYDROLOGIC PROPERTIES OF SNOW, FIRN, AND GLACIAL ICE WITH GEORADAR by
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..................................................................................................................... IX LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................... XVI LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................... XVII CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 1 1.1 Motivation and Research Objectives ................................................................ 1 1.2 The Greenland Ice Sheet ................................................................................... 1 1.3 Seasonal Snowpack in the Western United States ............................................ 5 1.4 Sperry Glacier, Glacier National Park, MT ...................................................... 7
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