Understanding controls on rapid ice-stream retreat during the last deglaciation of Marguerite Bay, Antarctica, using a numerical model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 247-263

  Jamieson, Stewart S R ^a   Vieli, Andreas ^a,b   Cofaigh, Colm Ó ^a   Stokes, Chris R ^a   Livingstone, Stephen J ^c   Hillenbrand, Claus Dieter ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; grounding line; Ice stream; LGM retreat; numerical model

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHELF; ICE STREAM; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; MARGUERITE BAY; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84896495951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF002934     Document Type: Article

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