Erosional feedbacks and the oscillation of ice masses

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Tomkin, Jonathan H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Glacier; Ice sheet; Oscillation; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; GLACIATION; ICE COVER; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 1442291128     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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