Weak bed control of the eastern shear margin of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 59, Issue 217, 2013, Pages 900-912

  Macgregor, Joseph A ^a   Catania, Ginny A ^a,b   Conway, Howard ^c   Schroeder, Dustin M ^a   Joughin, Ian ^c   Young, Duncan A ^a   Kempf, Scott D ^a   Blankenship, Donald D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE FLOW; SEA ICE; SHEAR FLOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ANTARCTICA; THWAITES GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84891475354     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013JoG13J050     Document Type: Article

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