Summertime water masses off the northern Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Nicholls, K W ^a   Pudsey, C J ^a   Morris, P ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; MELTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE; TEMPERATURE;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEPRESSIONS; OCEANOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; SHELF BREAK; SUMMER;

SURFACE WATERS;

ICE SHELF; MELTING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 3543126011     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019924     Document Type: Article

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