Links between short-term velocity variations and the subglacial hydrology of a predominantly cold polythermal glacier

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 49, Issue 166, 2003, Pages 337-348

  Copland, Luke ^a   Sharp, Martin J ^a   Nienow, Peter W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MELTWATER; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 1842810995     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756503781830656     Document Type: Article

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