Ice shelf basal melting at the grounding line, measured from seismic observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C10, 1996, Pages 22749-22755

  Smith, A M ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL MASS FLUX; ICE MELTING; ICE SHELVES; MODEL; SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING;

WEDDELL SEA, RONNE ICE SHELF;

EID: 0030430619     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC02173     Document Type: Article

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