Numerical investigation of the effects of temporal variations in basal lubrication on englacial strain-rate distribution

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2003, Pages 49-54

  Sugiyama, Shin ^a   Gudmundsson, G Hilmar ^b   Helbing, Jakob ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL MELTING; ENGLACIAL PROCESS; GLACIER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRESS FIELD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 1442311733     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756403781815618     Document Type: Article

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