On a doubly nonlinear parabolic obstacle problem modelling ice sheet dynamics

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 683-707

  Calvo, N ^a   Diaz J I ^b   Durany, J ^a   Schiavi, E ^c   Vazquez C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Duality methods; Finite elements; Free boundaries; Ice sheet models; Nonlinear degenerate equations; Weak solutions

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ICE; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

ICE SHEET DYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 0038104716     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139901385345     Document Type: Article

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