Melting and refreezing beneath Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf (East Antarctica) inferred from radar, GPS, and ice core data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Pattyn, F ^a   Matsuoka, K ^b   Callens, D ^a   Conway, H ^c   Depoorter, M ^a   Docquier, D ^a   Hubbard, B ^d   Samyn, D ^a,e   Tison, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL MELTING; BATHYMETRY; FREEZING; GPS; ICE CORE; ICE SHELF; MELTING; RADAR; RIFT ZONE; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84867651917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002154     Document Type: Article

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