Acceleration and spatial rheology of Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Khazendar, A ^a   Rignot, E ^a,b   Larour, E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; INVERSE PROBLEMS; STIFFNESS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; FLOW ACCELERATION; GLACIER FLOW; ICE SHELVES; INVERSE MODELING; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

ICE;

ACCELERATION; COLLAPSE; GLACIER FLOW; ICE MECHANICS; ICE SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; RHEOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STIFFNESS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; CANADA; CHURCHILL; LARSEN ICE SHELF; MANITOBA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79956356526     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL046775     Document Type: Article

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