Ocean freshening, sea level rising, sea ice melting

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Wadhams, Peter ^a,b   Munk, Walter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL;

ICE SHEET; SONARS;

GEOPHYSICS;

EUSTACY; GLACIER RETREAT; MELTING; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 4143063711     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020039     Document Type: Article

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