Changes of Wilkins Ice Shelf over the past 15 years and inferences on its stability

Cryosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-56

  Braun, M ^a   Humbert, A ^b   Moll, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CRACK PROPAGATION; ICE MECHANICS; ICE SHELF; INTERFEROMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA; WILKINS ICE SHELF;

EID: 70350484083     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-3-41-2009     Document Type: Article

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