Paleo ice flow and subglacial meltwater dynamics in Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 249-262

  Nitsche, F O ^a   Gohl, K ^b   Larter, R D ^c   Hillenbrand, C D ^c   Kuhn, G ^b   Smith, J A ^c   Jacobs, S ^a   Anderson, J B ^d   Jakobsson, M ^e  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; MELTWATER; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; MARGUERITE BAY; PINE ISLAND BAY; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84873661807     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-249-2013     Document Type: Article

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