The internal drainage system of the lower Mittivakkat Glacier, Ammassalik Island, SE Greenland

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-24

  Mernild, Sebastian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ammassalik Island; Dye return curves; Greenland; Internal drainage system; Mittivakkat Glacier; Transit velocity

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; DRAINAGE; DYE TRACER; ENGLACIAL PROCESS; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY;

AMMASSALIK ISLAND; ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 33748756439     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2006.10649542     Document Type: Article

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