Channelized bottom melting and stability of floating ice shelves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Rignot, E ^a,b   Steffen, Konrad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; ICE; SEA LEVEL;

ICE-SHELF MELT WATER;

GLACIERS;

CHANNELIZATION; GLACIER; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE BREAKUP; ICE FLOW; ICE SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; MELTING; MELTWATER; WARM WATER;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND;

EID: 40849098633     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031765     Document Type: Article

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