Sensitivity of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, to changes in ice-shelf and basal conditions: A model study

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 48, Issue 163, 2002, Pages 552-558

  Schmeltz, Marjorie ^a   Rignot, Eric ^a   Dupont, Todd K ^b   Macayeal, Douglas R ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL FLOW; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; GROUNDING LINE; ICE FLOW; ICE SHELF;

ANTARCTICA; PINE ISLAND GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0037592299     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756502781831061     Document Type: Article

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