Seabed corrugations beneath an Antarctic ice shelf revealed by autonomous underwater vehicle survey: Origin and implications for the history of Pine Island Glacier

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1356-1366

  Graham, Alastair G C ^a,b   Dutrieux, Pierre ^a   Vaughan, David G ^a   Nitsche, Frank O ^c   Gyllencreutz, Richard ^d   Greenwood, Sarah L ^d   Larter, Robert D ^a   Jenkins, Adrian ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; HOLOCENE; ICE MECHANICS; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHELF; ICEBERG; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SUBMARINE RIDGE;

ANTARCTICA; PINE ISLAND GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84887849281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20087     Document Type: Article

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