Dynamics of tidewater surge-type glaciers in northwest Svalbard

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 58, Issue 207, 2012, Pages 110-118

  Mansell, Damien ^a,b   Luckman, Adrian ^a   Murray, Tavi ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOS; CREVASSE; ENVISAT-1; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIER SURGE; ICE FLOW; ICEBERG CALVING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIDEWATER GLACIER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84860326081     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012JoG11J058     Document Type: Article

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