Rapid, climate-driven changes in outlet glaciers on the Pacific coast of East Antarctica

Nature

Volumn 500, Issue 7464, 2013, Pages 563-566

  Miles, B W J ^a   Stokes, C R ^a   Vieli, A ^a,b   Cox, N J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER; ICE SHEET; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; THINNING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHY; GLACIER; ICE SHEET; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEA ICE; SEASHORE;

AIR; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COVER; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84883120826     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12382     Document Type: Article

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