Rapid submarine melting of the calving faces of West Greenland glaciers

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-191

  Rignot, Eric ^a,b   Koppes, Michele ^c   Velicogna, Isabella ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BATHYMETRY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; HEAT BUDGET; ICEBERG CALVING; MELTING; OCEANIC CURRENT; SALINITY; SEAWATER; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 77950546894     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo765     Document Type: Article

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