Response of subglacial sediments to basal freeze-on 2. Application in numerical modeling of the recent stoppage of Ice Stream C, West Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Bougamont, Marion ^a   Tulaczyk, Slawek ^a   Joughin, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice dynamics; Ice modeling; Ice stream; Stoppage; Till

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FREEZING; ICE STREAM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL;

ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0042092545     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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