Ocean access to a cavity beneath Totten Glacier in East Antarctica

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 294-298

  Greenbaum, J S ^a   Blankenship, D D ^a   Young, D A ^a   Richter, T G ^a   Roberts, J L ^b,c   Aitken, A R A ^d   Legresy, B ^b,e,f   Schroeder, D M ^g   Warner, R C ^b,c   Van Ommen, T D ^b,c   Siegert, M J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f LEGOS   (France)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MELTING; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAFLOOR;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84926284052     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2388     Document Type: Article

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