Drainage system behaviour of a High-Arctic polythermal glacier

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 28, Issue , 1999, Pages 209-215

  Skidmore, Mark L ^a,b   Sharp, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DRAINAGE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT;

EID: 0033368535     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756499781821922     Document Type: Article

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