Larsen B Ice Shelf rheology preceding its disintegration inferred by a control method

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Khazendar, Ala ^a   Rignot, E ^a   Larour, E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; GLACIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RHEOLOGY;

ICE FLOW ACCELERATION; ICE SHELF; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY FIELD;

SEA ICE;

FRACTURE ZONE; GLACIER; ICE SHELF; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; RHEOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHEAR ZONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 37249012462     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030980     Document Type: Article

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