Tidally driven stick-slip motion in the mouth of Whillans Ice Stream, Antarctica

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2003, Pages 263-272

  Bindschadler, Robert A ^a   Vornberger, Patricia L ^b   King, Matt A ^c   Padman, Laurie ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOATING ICE; GLACIER FLOW; ICE STREAM; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDEWATER GLACIER;

ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA; WHILLANS ICE STREAM;

EID: 0042354578     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756403781816284     Document Type: Article

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