Melting, runoff and the formation of frozen lakes in a mixed snow and blue-ice field in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 42, Issue 141, 1996, Pages 271-278

  Winther, Jan Gunnar ^a   Elvehøy, Hallgeir ^b   Bøggild, Carl Egede ^c   Sand, Knut ^d   Liston, Glen ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d SINTEF   (Norway)

^e Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE ICE FIELD; CLIMATE CHANGE; FROZEN LAKE; ICE MASS; MELTING; MELTWATER; SOLAR RADIATION;

ANTARCTICA, QUEEN MAUD LAND, JUTULGRYTA;

EID: 0030416694     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000004135     Document Type: Article

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