Oceanographic conditions south of Berkner Island, beneath Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C6, 2001, Pages 11481-11492

  Nicholls, K W ^a   Osterhus S ^b   Makinson, K ^a   Johnson, M R ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL MELTING; ICE SHELF; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTARCTICA; FILCHNER-RONNE ICE SHELF;

EID: 0034918489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000350     Document Type: Article

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