Flotation and retreat of a lake-calving terminus, Mendenhall Glacier, southeast Alaska, USA

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 53, Issue 181, 2007, Pages 211-224

  Boyce, Eleanor S ^a,b   Motyka, Roman J ^a   Truffer, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b University of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE BREAKUP; MELTWATER; TIDEWATER GLACIER;

ALASKA; MENDENHALL GLACIER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548456339     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756507782202928     Document Type: Article

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