Fracture of multiyear sea ice

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C10, 1998, Pages 21795-21815

  Sammonds, P R ^a   Murrell, S A F ^a   Rist, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FRACTURE MECHANICS; ICE MECHANICS; SEA ICE;

EID: 0032531387     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JC01260     Document Type: Article

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