Widespread acceleration of tidewater glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Pritchard, H D ^a   Vaughan, D G ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; GLACIER FLOW; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHELF; SNOWMELT; TIDEWATER GLACIER;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 36248969495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000597     Document Type: Article

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