Initial effects of oceanic warming on a coupled ocean-ice shelf-ice stream system

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 483-487

  Walker, Ryan T ^a   Dupont, Todd K ^b   Holland, David M ^c   Parizek, Byron R ^d   Alley, Richard B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

basal melting; glacier dynamics; ice shelf; ice stream; till rheology

Indexed keywords

BASAL MELTING; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE SHELF; ICE STREAM; TILL RHEOLOGY;

ELASTICITY; GLACIERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

ICE;

BASAL MELTING; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE SHELF; ICE STREAM; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; MODELING; RHEOLOGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TILL; WARMING;

EID: 70350217326     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.08.032     Document Type: Article

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