Circulation and melting beneath George VI ice shelf, Antartica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Jenkins, Adrian ^a   Jacobs, Stan ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLOODS; HEAT FLUX; ICE; MELTING; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MELTING; MELTWATER; PYCNOCLINE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; UPWELLING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; GEORGE VI ICE SHELF; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 46849114712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004449     Document Type: Article

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