A level-set method for modeling the evolution of glacier geometry

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 171, 2004, Pages 485-491

  Pralong, Antoine ^a   Funk, Martin ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; GLACIER DYNAMICS;

EID: 17044436625     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756504781829774     Document Type: Article

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