The environment and evolution of the West Antarctic ice sheet: Setting the stage

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1844, 2006, Pages 1583-1605

  Bindschadler, Robert ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaciology; Ice sheet; Ice sheet dynamics; West Antarctica

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746314498     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1790     Document Type: Article

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