Crevasses triggered on Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, by drilling through an exceptional melt layer

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 51, Issue 55, 2010, Pages 65-70

  Scott, Julian B T ^a   Smith, Andrew M ^a   Bingham, Robert G ^a   Vaughan, David G ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREVASSE; GPS; ICE CORE; RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRAIN RATE;

ANTARCTICA; PINE ISLAND GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79960984192     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410791392763     Document Type: Article

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