Rapid marine deglaciation: Asynchronous retreat dynamics between the Irish Sea Ice Stream and terrestrial outlet glaciers

Earth Surface Dynamics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-65

  Patton, H ^a   Hubbard, A ^a   Bradwell, T ^b   Glasser, N F ^a   Hambrey, M J ^a   Clark, C D ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BATHYMETRY; COMPLEXITY; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEGLACIATION; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; NONLINEARITY; SEA ICE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; WARMING;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; IRISH SEA;

EID: 84941346130     PISSN: 21966311     EISSN: 2196632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/esurf-1-53-2013     Document Type: Article

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