Debris characteristics and ice-shelf dynamics in the ablation region of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 52, Issue 177, 2006, Pages 223-234

  Glasser, Neil F ^a   Goodsell, Becky ^b   Copland, Luke ^b,c   Lawson, Wendy ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHELF; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO ICE SHELF; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 33747602129     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756506781828692     Document Type: Article

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