Dynamics and mass balance of Taylor Glacier, Antarctica: 1. Geometry and surface velocities

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Kavanaugh, J L ^a   Cuffey, K M ^b   Morse, D L ^c   Conway, H ^d   Rignot, E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ELEVATION; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE MECHANICS; ICE THICKNESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; ABLATION; ACCUMULATION RATE; GLACIAL EROSION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; TAYLOR GLACIER; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; TAYLOR DOME; TAYLOR VALLEY;

EID: 77954322773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001309     Document Type: Article

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