Evaluating Marie Byrd Land stability using an improved basal topography

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 408, Issue , 2014, Pages 362-369

  Holschuh, N ^a   Pollard, D ^a   Alley, R B ^a   Anandakrishnan, S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DeVicq glacier; Geophysics; Glaciology; Ice sheet modeling; Marie byrd land

Indexed keywords

GLACIOLOGY; ICE-SHEET MODELS; MARIE BYRD LAND;

GEOPHYSICS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BASAL AREA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOLOGY; ICE COVER; ICE SHEET; NUNATAK; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; MARIE BYRD LAND; SIPLE COAST; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84909957970     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.10.034     Document Type: Article

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