Sediment, glaciohydraulic supercooling, and fast glacier flow

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2003, Pages 135-141

  Alley, Richard B ^a   Lawson, Daniel E ^b   Evenson, Edward B ^c   Larson, Grahame J ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER SURGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0042521286     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756403781816121     Document Type: Article

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