Climatic conditions, mass balance and dynamics of Larsen B ice shelf, Antarctic Peninsula, prior to collapse

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2004, Pages 557-562

  Skvarca, Pedro ^a   De Angelis, Hernán ^a   Zakrajsek, Andrés F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE FLOW;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; LARSEN ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 23844484867     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814573     Document Type: Article

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