Widespread rifting and retreat of ice-shelf margins in the eastern Amundsen Sea Embayment between 1972 and 2011

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 58, Issue 209, 2012, Pages 458-466

  MacGregor, Joseph A ^a   Catania, Ginny A ^a,b   Markowski, Michael S ^a   Andrews, Alan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; GLACIOLOGY; ICE MARGIN; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHELF; LANDSAT; RIFTING; SEA ICE;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; PINE ISLAND GLACIER; SOUTHERN OCEAN; THWAITES GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84864589393     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012JoG11J262     Document Type: Article

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