Threshold between mechanical and thermal breakup of river ice cover

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Beltaos, Spyros ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breakup; Climate impacts; Decay; Ice; Mechanical; Onset; River; Strength; Thermal; Thickness; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HYDRAULICS; MORPHOLOGY; RIVERS;

RIVE ICE COVER;

ICE;

ICE BREAKUP; RIVER ICE; THRESHOLD CONDITIONS; WATER LEVEL;

ICE BREAKUP; ICE THICKNESS; RIVER ICE; THRESHOLD; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 0037972138     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-232X(03)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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