Surface lowering of the ice ramp at Rothera Point, Antarctic Peninsula, in response to regional climate change

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 27, Issue , 1998, Pages 113-118

  Smith, A M ^a   Vaughan, D G ^a   Doake, C S M ^a   Johnson, A C ^a,b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Geosoft Europe Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELEVATION; ICE COVER; MASS BALANCE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE LAYER;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032437333     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/1998AoG27-1-113-118     Document Type: Article

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