Thermodynamics of basal freeze-on: Predicting basal and subglacial signatures of stopped ice streams and interstream ridges

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2003, Pages 233-243

  Christoffersen, Poul ^a   Tulaczyk, Slawek ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL TEMPERATURE; FREEZING; GLACIER FLOW; ICE STREAM; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0042329884     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756403781816211     Document Type: Article

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