Diurnal and semidiurnal tide-induced lateral movement of Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Makinson, Keith ^a   King, Matt A ^b   Nicholls, Keith W ^a   Hilmar Gudmundsson, G ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

ANTARCTICA; DETAILED MODELING; FLOW REVERSALS; FLOW VARIATIONS; GROUNDING LINE; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELVES; ICE STREAMS; LATERAL MOVEMENT; MEAN VALUES; SEMI-DIURNAL TIDAL PERIOD;

ICE;

AMPLIFICATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; GPS; ICE FIELD; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; ICE STREAM; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; ELASTICITY; FLOW MODELING; OSCILLATING FLOW; SIMULATION;

ANTARCTICA; RONNE ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84861661976     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051636     Document Type: Article

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