What are the dominant thermomechanical processes in the basal sediment layer of large ice sheets?

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 454, Issue 1972, 1998, Pages 1169-1195

  Dell'Isola, Francesco ^a   Hutter, Kolumban ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creeping flow; Glacier ice sheet flow; Interface theory; Sliding on soft bed; Soil water mixture; Thermodynamic balances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347557974     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1998.0201     Document Type: Article

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