Ice stream D flow speed is strongly modulated by the tide beneath the Ross Ice Shelf

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Anandakrishnan, S ^a   Voigt, D E ^a   Alley, R B ^a   King, M A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; STREAM FLOW; TIDES; VELOCITY; BUOYANCY; FLOW VELOCITY;

FLOW VELOCITY; FLOW SPEED; GROUNDING LINE; ICE SHELVES; ICE STREAMS; OCEAN TIDES; ROSS ICE SHELVES; WEST ANTARCTICA;

SEA ICE; ICE;

FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER FLOW; ICE SHELF; ICE STREAM; OCEAN TIDE;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF;

EID: 0042333879     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016329     Document Type: Article

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