Climatically induced retreat and collapse of norther Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 27, Issue , 1998, Pages 86-92

  Rott, Helmut ^a   Rack, Wolfgang ^a   Nagler, Thomas ^a   Skvarca, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERS-1; ERS-2; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE SHELF; LANDSAT;

ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF;

EID: 0032428173     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/s0260305500017262     Document Type: Article

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