Hydrological characteristics of the drainage system beneath a surging glacier

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6704, 1998, Pages 771-774

  Björnsson, Helgi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER SURGE; JOKULHLAUP;

DISASTER; ECOLOGY; ICELAND; LAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY; WATER FLOW; WATER TRANSPORT;

ICELAND;

EID: 0032558726     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/27384     Document Type: Review

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