Circulation and water masses beneath the northern Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Nicholls, Keith W ^a   Makinson, Keith ^a   Øterhus, Svein ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antarctic ice shelves; Circulation; High salinity shelf water

Indexed keywords

SEA ICE; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; RONNE ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 14744292588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002302     Document Type: Article

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