Interannual variability and ventilation timescales in the ocean cavity beneath Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Nicholls, K W ^a   Osterhus S ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ice shelf; Interannual variability

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; FLUSHING; ICE SHELF; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTICA; FILCHNER-RONNE ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 3042713138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002149     Document Type: Article

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