Rapid ice unloading in the Fleming Glacier region, southern Antarctic Peninsula, and its effect on bedrock uplift rates

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 473, Issue , 2017, Pages 164-176

  Zhao, Chen ^a   King, Matt A ^a   Watson, Christopher S ^a   Barletta, Valentina R ^b   Bordoni, Andrea ^b   Dell, Matthew ^a   Whitehouse, Pippa L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; glacial isostatic adjustment; GPS; ice mass loss; upper mantle viscosity; Wordie Ice Shelf

Indexed keywords

DISINTEGRATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SURVEYING; UNLOADING; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; ICE MASS LOSS; ICE SHELVES; UPPER MANTLE VISCOSITY;

ICE;

BEDROCK; GLACIER; GLACIOISOSTASY; GPS; ICE SHELF; UPLIFT; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOSITY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; FLEMING GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORDIE ICE SHELF;

EID: 85021120252     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.06.002     Document Type: Article

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