Predicted reduction in basal melt rates of an Antarctic ice shelf in a warmer climate

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6641, 1997, Pages 460-462

  Nicholls, K W ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; SEA WATER;

BASAL ICE; BASAL MELT RATES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE MELT; ICE MELTING; ICE SHELF; ICE SHELVES; OCEAN-ICE-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA;

EID: 0030854751     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/41302     Document Type: Article

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