Role of small ice shelves in sea-level rise

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Dupont, T K ^a   Alley, R B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIERS; ICE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

ICE SHELVES; ICE STREAMS; SEA-LEVEL RISE; TRIBUTARY FLOW;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; ICE STREAM; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRIBUTARY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 33745685106     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025665     Document Type: Article

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