Basal channels on ice shelves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1342-1355

  Sergienko, O V ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ICE DRIFT; ICE FLOW; ICE SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; MELTWATER; OUTFLOW;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; PETERMANN GLACIER; PINE ISLAND GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84887835771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20105     Document Type: Article

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