Stagnation of ice stream C, West Antarctica by water piracy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-268

  Anandakrishnan, Sridhar ^a   Alley, Richard B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; LUBRICATION; SEA LEVEL; WATER LEVELS; FLOW OF WATER;

DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAMS; SEA LEVEL RISE; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ICE; SEA ICE;

ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM;

FRICTION; GLACIER BED; ICE STREAM VELOCITY; STAGNATION; STICKY SPOT; WATER PIRACY;

ANTARCTICA, WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET, ICE STREAM C;

EID: 0031072960     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL04016     Document Type: Article

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