Rapid retreat, acceleration and thinning of Glaciar Upsala, Southern Patagonia Icefield, initiated in 2008

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 63, 2013, Pages 131-138

  Sakakibara, Daiki ^a   Sugiyama, Shin ^a   Sawagaki, Takanobu ^a   Marinsek, Sebastián ^b   Skvarca, Pedro ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOLOGY; ICE FIELD; ICE THICKNESS; ICEBERG CALVING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 84881625079     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG63A236     Document Type: Article

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