Coastal-change and glaciological map of the Trinity Peninsula area and south Shetland Islands, Antarctica::1843-2001: Chapter A in Coastal-change and glaciological maps of Antarctica.

• Main Authors: Ferrigno, Jane G., Cook, Alison, Foley, Kevin M., Williams, Richard S., Swithinbank, Charles, Fox, Adrian J., Thomson, Janet W., Sievers, Jorn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Amundsen Sea; South Shetland Islands; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Ross Ice Shelf; Trinity Peninsula; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; SCAR; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/c8d59960-7958-416f-9ade-efbdac5afbfd; https://doi.org/10.3133/i2600A; https://www.usgs.gov/maps/coastal-change-and-glaciological-map-trinity-peninsula-area-and-south-shetland-islands

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