Glaciological and oceanographic evidence of high melt rates beneath Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 43, Issue 143, 1997, Pages 114-121

  Jenkins, Adrian ^a   Vaughan, David G ^a   Jacobs, Stanley S ^b   Hellmer, Hartmut H ^b,d   Keys, John R ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL MELTING; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIERS; HIGH MELT RATES; ICE MELTING; MELTING RATE; PINE ISLAND GLACIER;

ANTARCTICA, ELLSWORTH LAND, PINE ISLAND BAY;

EID: 0031436543     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000002872     Document Type: Article

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