Subglacial topography and geothermal heat flux: Potential interactions with drainage of the Greenland ice sheet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  van der Veen, C J ^a   Leftwich, T ^b   von Frese, R ^b   Csatho, B M ^c   Li, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; GLACIERS; HEAT FLUX; TOPOGRAPHY;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT FLUX; SUBGLACIAL TRENCHES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT FLUX; ICE SHEET; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 34648880773     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030046     Document Type: Article

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