Evidence for floatation or near floatation in the mouth of Kamb Ice Stream, West Antarctica, prior to stagnation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Catania, G A ^a   Conway, H ^b   Raymond, Charlie F ^b   Scambos, Ted A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREVASSE; FLOW MODELING; ICE FLOW; ICE RIDGE; ICE STREAM; ICE THICKNESS; MORPHOLOGY; ORIENTATION;

ANTARCTICA; KAMB ICE STREAM; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33845635781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JF000355     Document Type: Article

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