Rapid subglacial erosion beneath Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Smith, A M ^a   Bentley, C R ^b   Bingham, R G ^c   Jordan, T A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

ANTARCTICA; ERODIBLE BEDS; EROSION RATES; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; PINE ISLAND GLACIERS; SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

EROSION;

GLACIAL EROSION; GRAVIMETRY; ICE SHEET; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

ANTARCTICA; PINE ISLAND GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84862851190     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051651     Document Type: Article

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