Century-scale discharge stagnation and reactivation of the Ross ice streams, West Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Hulbe, C ^a   Fahnestock, Mark ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE FLOW; ICE RETREAT; ICE STREAM; IMAGERY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTIVATION; STAGNATION FLOW;

ANTARCTICA; KAMB ICE STREAM; ROSS ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA; WHILLANS ICE STREAM;

EID: 36249008458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000603     Document Type: Article

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