Fracture and back stress along the Byrd Glacier flowband on the Ross Ice Shelf

Antarctic Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 345-354

  Kenneally, James P ^a   Hughes, Terence J ^b  

^a University of Maine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Crevasse formation; Glaciology

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERN; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GROUNDING LINE; ICEBERG CALVING;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 4944257345     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102004002056     Document Type: Article

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