Climatic trend and the retreat and disintegration of ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula: An overview

Polar Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-157

  Skvarca, Pedro ^a   Rack, Wolfgang ^b   Rott, Helmut ^b   Ibarzábal Y Donángelo, Teresa ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c Ministerio de Defensa Republica Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHELF; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF;

EID: 0033498947     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.1999.tb00287.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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