Submarine melting of the 1985 Jakobshavn Isbræ floating tongue and the triggering of the current retreat

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Motyka, Roman J ^a   Truffer, Martin ^a   Fahnestock, Mark ^b   Mortensen, John ^c   Rysgaard, Sren ^c   Howat, Ian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BUOYANCY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE MECHANICS; ICE THICKNESS; MELTING; ORTHOPHOTO; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONVECTION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; JAKOBSHAVN ISBRAE;

EID: 79951833536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001632     Document Type: Article

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