Interannual velocity variations and recent calving of Thwaites Glacier Tongue, West Antarctica

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2003, Pages 215-224

  Rabus, Bernhard T ^a   Lang, Oliver ^a   Adolphs, Ute ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DEFORMATION; FLOATING ICE; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER FLOW; ICEBERG CALVING; ROTATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ANTARCTICA; THWAITES GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0042230844     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756403781816176     Document Type: Article

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