Glaciohydraulic supercooling: A freeze-on mechanism to create stratified, debris-rich basal ice: I. Field evidence

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 44, Issue 148, 1998, Pages 547-562

  Lawson, Daniel E ^a   Strasser, Jeffrey C ^b,c   Evenson, Edward B ^c   Alley, Richard B ^d   Larson, Grahame J ^e   Arcone, Steven A ^a  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; ENTRAINMENT; GLACIER; ICE SHEET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ALASKA; MATANUSKA GLACIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032443984     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000002069     Document Type: Article

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