Flow of the Ross ice Shelf, Antarctica, is modulated by the ocean tide

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 195, 2010, Pages 157-161

  Brunt, Kelly M ^a   King, Matt A ^b   Fricker, Helen Amanda ^a   Macayeal, Douglas R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; ICE FLOW; ICE MOVEMENT; ICE SHELF; ICE STREAM; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEAN TIDE; PERTURBATION; TIDAL MODELING;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77954102238     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214310791190875     Document Type: Article

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