Recent advances in understanding ice sheet dynamics

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-204

  Marshall, Shawn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacier dynamics; Greenland; Ice rheology; Ice sheet modelling; Subglacial hydrology; Vatnaj kull

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE RHEOLOGY; ICE SHEET DYNAMICS; ICE SHEET MODELLING; SUBGLACIAL HYDROLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMICS; GLACIERS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDROLOGY; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; STRESSES; SURFACES; TECTONICS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE SHEET;

EID: 28044460275     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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