The rapid retreat of Jakobshavns Isbræ, West Greenland: Field observations of 2005 and structural analysis of its evolution

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-179

  Mayer, Helmut ^a   Herzfeld, Ute C ^b  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

ASTER data; Fast moving glaciers; Glaciology; Greenland; SAR data; Satellite data; Structural geology; Structural glaciology

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349136535     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-008-9076-7     Document Type: Article

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