Redefinition of the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, grounding zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Fricker, Helen Amanda ^a   Allison, Ian ^b   Craven, Mike ^b   Hyland, Glenn ^b   Ruddell, Andrew ^b   Young, Neal ^b   Coleman, Richard ^c   King, Matt ^c   Krebs, Kim ^d   Popov, Sergey ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Polar Marine Geological Survey Expedition   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Glaciology; Grounding zone; Ice shelf; Radar altimetry; Radio echo sounding

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIOLOGY; GPS; ICE SHELF; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

AMERY ICE SHELF; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 17344383614     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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