Fracture propagation as means of rapidly transferring surface meltwater to the base of glaciers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  van der Veen, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; TENSILE STRESS;

CREVASSE PROPGATION; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; GLACIER ICE; SURFACE MELTWATER;

GLACIERS;

CREVASSE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLACIER; ICE; MELTWATER; TENSILE STRESS;

EID: 34247402574     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028385     Document Type: Article

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