Debris-bed friction of hard-bedded glaciers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Cohen, D ^a   Iverson, N R ^a   Hooyer, T S ^b   Fischer, U H ^c   Jackson, M ^d   Moore, P L ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; FRICTION; GLACIAL DEBRIS; ICE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHOD; POWER LAW; ROCK GLACIER; SHEAR; SLIDING;

EID: 33750326138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JF000228     Document Type: Article

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