Effects of basal-melting distribution on the retreat of ice-shelf grounding lines

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Walker, R T ^a   Dupont, T K ^b   Parizek, B R ^c   Alley, R B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; MELTING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ACCURATE PREDICTIONS; AMUNDSEN SEAS; ANTARCTICA; BASAL MELTING; FLOW LINES; GROUNDING LINES; ICE DYNAMICS; ICE SHELVES; ICE STREAMS; NEW MODELS; SEA-LEVEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; WARM OCEANS;

ICE;

BASAL MELTING; GROUNDING LINE; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHELF; ICE STREAM; MODELING; SEA ICE;

AMUNDSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 57049189718     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034947     Document Type: Article

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