Massive subsurface ice formed by refreezing of ice-shelf melt ponds

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Hubbard, Bryn ^a   Luckman, Adrian ^b   Ashmore, David W ^a   Bevan, Suzanne ^b   Kulessa, Bernd ^b   Kuipers Munneke, Peter ^b   Philippe, Morgane ^c   Jansen, Daniela ^d   Booth, Adam ^e   Sevestre, Heidi ^f   Tison, Jean Louis ^c   O'Leary, Martin ^b   Rutt, Ian ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE;

BOREHOLE LOGGING; ICE COVER; ICE SHELF; MELTING; POND; REMOTE SENSING; SHELF BREAK;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; FREEZING; ICE SHELF; LOGGING; MELTING POINT; POND; REFREEZING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WARMING;

ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84974625281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11897     Document Type: Article

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