'Calving laws', 'sliding laws' and the stability of tidewater glaciers

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2007, Pages 123-130

  Benn, Douglas I ^a,b   Hulton, Nicholas R J ^c   Mottram, Ruth H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CREVASSE; GLACIER FLOW; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; STRAIN RATE; TIDEWATER GLACIER; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 36248977099     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756407782871161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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