Ice-sheet surging and ice-stream formation

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 23, Issue , 1996, Pages

  Fowler, A C ^a   Johnson, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER SURGE; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE SHEET DYNAMICS; ICE SHEET MODEL; ICE STREAM FORMATION; SURGING;

EID: 0030357376     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0260305500013276     Document Type: Article

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