Rise of the Ellsworth mountains and parts of the East Antarctic coast observed with GPS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Argus, Donald F ^a   Blewitt, Geoffrey ^b   Peltier, W Richard ^c   Kreemer, Corné ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; UNLOADING;

ANTARCTIC COASTS; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; CONFIDENCE LIMIT; EAST ANTARCTICA; HOLOCENES; ICE LOSS; PELTIER; VISCOUS RESPONSE;

LANDFORMS;

DEGLACIATION; GEODESY; GLACIAL REBOUND; GPS; GRACE; GRAVITY FIELD; HOLOCENE; ICE COVER; PLATE MOTION; POSTGLACIAL; VISCOSITY;

ANTARCTICA; ELLSWORTH MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 80051990663     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048025     Document Type: Article

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