A case for cold-based continental ice sheets - A transient thermal model

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 42, Issue 140, 1996, Pages 37-41

  Heine, Jan T ^a   Mctigue, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD BASED ICE SHEET; GEOTHERMAL HEAT FLUX; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL MODEL;

EID: 0029769751     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/s0022143000030513     Document Type: Article

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