Dynamics of the Siple Coast ice streams, West Antarctica: results from a thermomechanical ice sheet model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 3173-3176

  Payne, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DYNAMICS; HEATING; MODELS; STREAM FLOW; THERMODYNAMICS; CATCHMENTS; GLACIERS; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL;

ICE SHEETS; ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; CATCHMENT AREA; GLOBAL SEA LEVELS; ICE SHEET MODELS; ICE STREAMS; THERMO-MECHANICAL; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

SEA ICE; ICE;

ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; THERMOMECHANICS;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032529762     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL52327     Document Type: Article

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