Time-dependent basal stress conditions beneath Black Rapids Glacier, Alaska, USA, inferred from measurements of ice deformation and surface motion

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 52, Issue 178, 2006, Pages 347-357

  Amundson, Jason M ^a   Truffer, Martin ^a   Lüthi, Martin P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GLACIER; GLACIOLOGY; ICE MECHANICS; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS FIELD;

ALASKA; ALASKA RANGE; BLACK RAPIDS GLACIER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845776696     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756506781828593     Document Type: Article

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