Evidence for a water system transition beneath thwaites glacier, West Antarctica

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 30, 2013, Pages 12225-12228

  Schroeder, Dustin M ^a   Blankenship, Donald D ^a   Young, Duncan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice sheet stability; Radio glaciology; Subglacial hydrology

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLACIER; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; TELECOMMUNICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84880695505     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1302828110     Document Type: Article

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