Why is Shirase Glacier turning its flow direction eastward?

Polar Science

Volumn 1, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 63-71

  Nakamura, Kazuki ^a   Doi, Koichiro ^a   Shibuya, Kazuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ice flow; Seasonal change; Shirase Glacier; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR); Turning of flow direction

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; ERS-1; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER; ICE FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRIBUTARY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SHIRASE GLACIER;

EID: 36849085889     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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