Evolution of a coupled marine ice sheet-sea level model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gomez, Natalya ^a   Pollard, David ^b   Mitrovica, Jerry X ^a   Huybers, Peter ^a   Clark, Peter U ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; COASTAL EVOLUTION; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TIMESCALE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84857080132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002128     Document Type: Article

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