Continued northward expansion of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 27, Issue , 1998, Pages 93-98

  Keys, Harry J R ^a   Jacobs, Stanley S ^b   Brigham, Lawson W ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

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

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION; GLACIER ADVANCE; ICE MOVEMENT; ICE SHELF;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF;

EID: 0032437332     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/1998aog27-1-93-98     Document Type: Article

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