Ice-front change and iceberg behaviour along Oates and George V Coasts, Antarctica, 1912-96

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 27, Issue , 1998, Pages 643-650

  Frezzotti, Massimo ^a   Cimbelli, Alessandro ^a   Ferrigno, Jane G ^b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICEBERG; MELTING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WARMING;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032434944     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/1998aog27-1-643-650     Document Type: Article

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