Switch of flow direction in an antarctic ice stream

Nature

Volumn 419, Issue 6906, 2002, Pages 465-467

  Conway, H ^a   Catania, G ^a   Raymond, C F ^a   Gades, A M ^a   Scambos, T A ^b   Engelhardt, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; ICE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

MASS BALANCE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; ICE THICKNESS; MASS BALANCE; REMOTE SENSING;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; GRAVITY; OCEAN CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; THICKNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA;

EID: 0037015598     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01081     Document Type: Article

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