Dynamic instability of marine-terminating glacier basins of academy of sciences ice cap, russian high arctic

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 53, Issue 60, 2012, Pages 193-201

  Moholdt, Geir ^a,b   Heid, Torborg ^a   Benham, Toby ^c   Dowdeswell, Julian A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; ICE CAP; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; INSTABILITY; MASS BALANCE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84861671220     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012AoG60A117     Document Type: Article

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