Oceanic forcing of ice-sheet retreat: West Antarctica and more

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 207-231

  Alley, Richard B ^a   Anandakrishnan, Sridhar ^a   Christianson, Knut ^b,c   Horgan, Huw J ^d   Muto, Atsu ^a   Parizek, Byron R ^e   Pollard, David ^a   Walker, Ryan T ^f,g  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Greenland; Ice sheet; Sea level; Stability

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE CONTROL; MELTING; SEA LEVEL;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

ICE;

CLIMATE FORCING; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; MELTING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ANTARCTICA; THWAITES GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84930389958     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-060614-105344     Document Type: Article

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