Experiments on ice spikes and a simple growth model

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 170, 2004, Pages 375-381

  Hill, Lesley ^a   Lozowski, Edward ^a   Sampson, Russell D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE; FREEZING; ICE PHENOMENA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD;

EID: 20444380775     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756504781829954     Document Type: Article

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