Glacier dynamics over the last quarter of a century at Helheim, Kangerdlugssuaq and 14 other major Greenland outlet glaciers

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 923-937

  Bevan, S L ^a   Luckman, A J ^a   Murray, T ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DISCHARGE; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE SHEET; MASS EXTINCTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIDEWATER GLACIER; VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; HELHEIM GLACIER;

EID: 84875195658     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-923-2012     Document Type: Article

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