Is the East Antarctic ice sheet stable?

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 417-429

  Pingree, Katherine ^a   Lurie, Max ^a   Hughes, Terence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; East Antarctic ice sheet; Ice shelves; Ice streams; Rising sea level

Indexed keywords

AMERY ICE SHELF; DESTABILIZING MECHANISMS; DIRECT CONTACT; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; GLOBAL SEA LEVELS; GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; GREENLAND; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELVES; ICE STREAMS; RISING SEA LEVEL; TOTAL COLLAPSE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; EMBANKMENT DAMS; GLACIERS; SEA LEVEL;

ICE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EEMIAN; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; ICE STREAM; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AMERY ICE SHELF; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 79955478483     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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