Recent thinning and migration of the Western Divide, central West Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Conway, H ^a   Rasmussen, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; ASYMMETRIC PATTERNS; ROSS SEA;

SALINE WATER;

ASYMMETRY; CLIMATE FORCING; DATA SET; GLACIOLOGY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 68749118194     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038072     Document Type: Article

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