Flow variability and ongoing margin shifts on Bindschadler and MacAyeal Ice Streams, West Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 283-293

  Hulbe, C L ^a   Scambos, T A ^b   Klinger, M ^b   Fahnestock, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

ice streams; shear margins; sticky spots

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; ICE FLOW; ICE MARGIN; ICE STREAM; LANDSAT; MAPPING; TIMESCALE; WATER FLOW;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; BINDSCHADLER ICE STREAM; KAMB ICE STREAM; MACAYEAL ICE STREAM; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84959299434     PISSN: 21699003     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JF003670     Document Type: Article

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