Stress gradient damping of thermoviscous ice flow instabilities

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Hindmarsh, Richard C A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINGERING; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMOMECHANICS;

EID: 34547905451     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004019     Document Type: Article

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