Subglacial drainage system changes of the Gulkana Glacier, Alaska: Discharge and sediment load observations and modelling

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 399-410

  Kido, Daisaku ^a   Chikita, Kazuhisa A ^a   Hirayam, Kenta ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discharge; Glacier melt; Gulkana Glacier; Subglacial drainage system; Suspended sediment; Tank model

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; HYDROLOGY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER TANKS;

COLLAPSED TANK; GLACIER-MELT; SUBGLACIAL DRAINAGE SYSTEM;

GLACIERS;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; GLACIERS; HYDROLOGY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER TANKS;

CHANNEL FLOW; DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE WATER; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MELTWATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; GULKANA GLACIER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846705080     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6364     Document Type: Article

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