Static grounding lines and dynamic ice streams: Evidence from the Siple Coast, West Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Horgan, H J ^a   Anandakrishnan, S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; COASTAL ZONES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA ICE; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; GLACIERS; STREAM FLOW;

DYNAMIC ICE STREAMS; GROUNDING LINES; HIGH SURFACE SLOPES; ICE STREAM FLOW;

GEOPHYSICS; ICE;

GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; GROUNDING LINE; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; ICE STREAM; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

ANTARCTICA; SIPLE DOME; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; GROUNDING LINE; ICE STREAMS; LASER ALTIMETRY; RAPID METHOD; SURFACE SLOPE; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 38549133425     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027091     Document Type: Article

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