Durations and propagation patterns of ice sheet instability events

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-39

  Kleman, Johan ^a   Applegate, Patrick J ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapse; Ice stream; Ice sheet; Instability; West Antarctica

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CATCHMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; MAMMALS; PLASMA STABILITY; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL; STABILITY;

COLLAPSE; ICE STREAMS; ICE-SHEET; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PINE ISLAND GLACIERS; PROPAGATION PATTERN; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ICE;

COLLAPSE; GROUNDING LINE; ICE FLOW; ICE MECHANICS; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; INSTABILITY; LATE GLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WARMING;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; PINE ISLAND GLACIER; THWAITES GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84900442798     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.07.030     Document Type: Article

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