Nonlinear interaction between ocean tides and the Larsen C Ice Shelf system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  King, Matt A ^a   Makinson, Keith ^b   Gudmundsson, G Hilmar ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; SHEAR FLOW; TIDES;

HIGHLY SENSITIVE; ICE SHELVES; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; OCEAN TIDES; SEMI-DIURNAL; TIDAL PERTURBATIONS; TIDAL SIGNALS; TIME-SCALES;

ICE;

FLOW VELOCITY; GPS; ICE FIELD; ICE SHELF; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; OCEAN TIDE; SHEAR STRESS; TIMESCALE;

ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79953243900     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL046680     Document Type: Article

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