External influences on the Mertz Glacier Tongue (East Antarctica) in the decade leading up to its calving in 2010

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 490-506

  Massom, Robert A ^a,b   Giles, A Barry ^b   Warner, Roland C ^a,b   Fricker, Helen A ^c   Legrésy, Benoit ^b,d,e   Hyland, Glenn ^a,b   Lescarmontier, Lydie ^e,f   Young, Neal ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e CNES   (France)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

dynamics; glacier tongue; grounding; icebergs

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE SHELF; ICEBERG CALVING; SATELLITE DATA;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MERTZ GLACIER;

EID: 85027921584     PISSN: 21699003     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JF003223     Document Type: Article

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